Coat of arms of Lithuania

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national coat of arms national emblem

The Coat of arms of Lithuania is the national emblem featuring a mounted armored knight, known as Vytis, symbolizing the country’s historical statehood and identity.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Coat of arms of Lithuania canonical	8
coat of arms of Lithuania	2
Coat of arms of Lithuania (Vytis)	1
Coat of arms of Samogitia	1
Lietuvos herbas	1
State flag of Lithuania (with coat of arms)	1
Vytis (coat of arms of Lithuania)	1
national coat of arms of Lithuania	1
state seal of Lithuania	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2221044 — 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: Coat of arms of Lithuania
Context triple: [Embassy of Lithuania in Washington, D.C., symbol, Coat of arms of Lithuania]

A. Coat of arms of Estonia
The Coat of arms of Estonia is a national emblem featuring a golden shield with three blue lions passant guardant, symbolizing the country’s historical heritage and sovereignty.
B. coat of arms of Poland
The coat of arms of Poland is the national emblem featuring a crowned white eagle on a red shield, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty and historical heritage.
C. Coat of arms of Luxembourg
The Coat of arms of Luxembourg is the national heraldic emblem featuring a red lion on a striped blue-and-white shield, symbolizing the country's monarchy and historical identity.
D. Coat of arms of Åland
The Coat of arms of Åland is the heraldic emblem featuring a crowned golden stag on a blue shield, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish archipelago’s historical ties to Sweden and its regional identity.
E. Coat of arms of Slovakia
The Coat of arms of Slovakia is the national emblem featuring a double cross atop three blue hills, symbolizing the country’s Christian heritage and mountainous landscape.
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: Coat of arms of Lithuania
Target entity description: The Coat of arms of Lithuania is the national emblem featuring a mounted armored knight, known as Vytis, symbolizing the country’s historical statehood and identity.

A. Coat of arms of Estonia
The Coat of arms of Estonia is a national emblem featuring a golden shield with three blue lions passant guardant, symbolizing the country’s historical heritage and sovereignty.
B. coat of arms of Poland
The coat of arms of Poland is the national emblem featuring a crowned white eagle on a red shield, symbolizing the country’s sovereignty and historical heritage.
C. Coat of arms of Luxembourg
The Coat of arms of Luxembourg is the national heraldic emblem featuring a red lion on a striped blue-and-white shield, symbolizing the country's monarchy and historical identity.
D. Coat of arms of Åland
The Coat of arms of Åland is the heraldic emblem featuring a crowned golden stag on a blue shield, symbolizing the autonomous Finnish archipelago’s historical ties to Sweden and its regional identity.
E. Coat of arms of Slovakia
The Coat of arms of Slovakia is the national emblem featuring a double cross atop three blue hills, symbolizing the country’s Christian heritage and mountainous landscape.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national coat of arms ⓘ national emblem ⓘ
adopted	1991 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vytis ⓘ
backgroundShape	heraldic shield ⓘ
category	Heraldry of Lithuania ⓘ National symbols of Lithuania ⓘ
country	Lithuania ⓘ
crossTincture	or ⓘ
depicts	Vytis ⓘ mounted armored knight ⓘ
designApprovedBy	Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Seimas
features	horse ⓘ shield ⓘ silver armored knight ⓘ sword ⓘ
fieldColor	red ⓘ
hasMotto	Vytis ⓘ
helmetColor	silver ⓘ
historicalVersionUsedBy	Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
historicalVersionUsedSince	14th century ⓘ
horseColor	white ⓘ
horseTincture	argent ⓘ
influencedBy	heraldic traditions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ⓘ
knightTincture	argent ⓘ
languageOfName	Lithuanian ⓘ
legalBasis	Law on the State Coat of Arms, Flag and Other Insignia of Lithuania ⓘ
LithuanianName	Lietuvos herbas ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of Lithuania
mainTincture	gules ⓘ
reconfirmed	1990s ⓘ
represents	Christian heritage of Lithuania ⓘ historical continuity of the Lithuanian state ⓘ
shieldCharge	double cross of Lorraine ⓘ
shieldColor	blue ⓘ
shieldTincture	azure ⓘ
swordColor	silver ⓘ
swordPosition	raised ⓘ
symbolizes	Lithuanian national identity ⓘ Lithuanian statehood ⓘ
usedBy	Government of Lithuania ⓘ President of Lithuania ⓘ Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Seimas
usedIn	military insignia of Lithuania ⓘ municipal coats of arms in Lithuania ⓘ state seal of Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Coat of arms of Lithuania
usedOn	Lithuanian passports ⓘ official documents of Lithuania ⓘ state flag of Lithuania ⓘ linked to: Flag of Lithuania

How these facts were elicited