Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā"
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The Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā" means "head of the serpent-charmer" or "head of the snake-bearer," referring to the head of the constellation figure Ophiuchus.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā" canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19932165 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā" Context triple: [Rasalhague, nameDerivedFrom, Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā"]
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A.
Arabic: Madīnat al-Nuḥās
Arabic: Madīnat al-Nuḥās is the Arabic title of "The City of Brass," a famous tale from the One Thousand and One Nights cycle involving a legendary, enchanted city filled with treasures and jinn.
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B.
Razihi Arabic
Razihi Arabic is a highly distinctive and conservative Arabic variety spoken in the Razih region of northwestern Yemen, noted for preserving archaic linguistic features.
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C.
Basmala
The Basmala is the Islamic phrase invoking God's name and mercy that traditionally opens chapters of the Qur’an and many Muslim prayers and actions.
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D.
Badawi Najdi Arabic
Badawi Najdi Arabic is a Bedouin variety of the Najdi Arabic dialect spoken primarily by nomadic and tribal communities in central Arabia.
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E.
Hassaniya Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken primarily in Mauritania and parts of neighboring West African and Saharan countries, known for its Bedouin roots and distinctive phonology and vocabulary.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā" Target entity description: The Arabic phrase "raʾs al-ḥawwā" means "head of the serpent-charmer" or "head of the snake-bearer," referring to the head of the constellation figure Ophiuchus.
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A.
Arabic: Madīnat al-Nuḥās
Arabic: Madīnat al-Nuḥās is the Arabic title of "The City of Brass," a famous tale from the One Thousand and One Nights cycle involving a legendary, enchanted city filled with treasures and jinn.
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B.
Razihi Arabic
Razihi Arabic is a highly distinctive and conservative Arabic variety spoken in the Razih region of northwestern Yemen, noted for preserving archaic linguistic features.
-
C.
Basmala
The Basmala is the Islamic phrase invoking God's name and mercy that traditionally opens chapters of the Qur’an and many Muslim prayers and actions.
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D.
Badawi Najdi Arabic
Badawi Najdi Arabic is a Bedouin variety of the Najdi Arabic dialect spoken primarily by nomadic and tribal communities in central Arabia.
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E.
Hassaniya Arabic
Hassaniya Arabic is a variety of Arabic spoken primarily in Mauritania and parts of neighboring West African and Saharan countries, known for its Bedouin roots and distinctive phonology and vocabulary.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.