Latvian national flag

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national flag state symbol

The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Flag of Latvia	8
Latvian flag	1
Latvian national flag canonical	1
Latvijas karogs	1
flag of Latvia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3033177 — 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: Latvian national flag
Context triple: [Latvia men's national ice hockey team, nationalSymbolUsed, Latvian national flag]

A. Flag of Lithuania
The Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
B. Flag of Estonia
The Flag of Estonia is a horizontal tricolor of blue, black, and white that symbolizes the country’s sky, soil, and hope for freedom and independence.
C. Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland was the historical banner used during Finland’s period as an autonomous grand duchy under the Russian Empire, featuring heraldic symbols representing Finnish identity and its status within the empire.
D. Flag of Finland
The Flag of Finland is a blue Nordic cross on a white field, symbolizing the country’s lakes and snow and serving as the national flag of the Republic of Finland.
E. Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
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: Latvian national flag
Target entity description: The Latvian national flag is a distinctive carmine-red and white horizontal tricolor that serves as the primary national symbol of Latvia and one of the oldest flags in the world still in use.

A. Flag of Lithuania
The Flag of Lithuania is a horizontal tricolor of yellow, green, and red that serves as the national flag and symbol of the Republic of Lithuania.
B. Flag of Estonia
The Flag of Estonia is a horizontal tricolor of blue, black, and white that symbolizes the country’s sky, soil, and hope for freedom and independence.
C. Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland
The Flag of the Grand Duchy of Finland was the historical banner used during Finland’s period as an autonomous grand duchy under the Russian Empire, featuring heraldic symbols representing Finnish identity and its status within the empire.
D. Flag of Finland
The Flag of Finland is a blue Nordic cross on a white field, symbolizing the country’s lakes and snow and serving as the national flag of the Republic of Finland.
E. Flag of Poland
The Flag of Poland is a simple national banner consisting of two horizontal stripes of equal width, white on top and red on the bottom, symbolizing the country’s historic heraldic colors.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national flag ⓘ state symbol ⓘ
adopted	1921-06-15 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Flag of Latvia ⓘ linked to: Latvian national flag Latvijas karogs ⓘ linked to: Latvian national flag
associatedWith	Latvian culture ⓘ Latvian history ⓘ Latvian independence movement ⓘ linked to: Latvian War of Independence
category	Flags of Europe ⓘ National symbols of Latvia ⓘ
centralStripeColor	white ⓘ
centralStripePosition	horizontal ⓘ
centralStripeWidthRatio	1 ⓘ
color	carmine red ⓘ white ⓘ
country	Latvia ⓘ
design	horizontal triband ⓘ
displayedOn	Latvian currency designs ⓘ Latvian official documents ⓘ
emblemOf	Republic of Latvia ⓘ linked to: Latvia
isOneOf	oldest national flags in the world still in use ⓘ
legalRegulation	Law on the National Flag of Latvia ⓘ
officialStatus	primary national symbol of Latvia ⓘ
orientation	horizontal stripes ⓘ
outerStripeWidthRatio	2 ⓘ
proportion	1:2 ⓘ
readopted	1990-02-27 ⓘ
shape	rectangular ⓘ
sideRatio	height:width = 1:2 ⓘ
status	official flag of Latvia ⓘ
stripePattern	red-white-red ⓘ
symbolizes	Latvian national identity ⓘ Latvian unity ⓘ freedom of Latvia ⓘ independence of Latvia ⓘ
usedBy	Government of Latvia ⓘ Latvian Parliament ⓘ linked to: Saeima Latvian armed forces ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of Latvia Latvian citizens ⓘ President of Latvia ⓘ
usedIn	international sporting events ⓘ national holidays in Latvia ⓘ state ceremonies in Latvia ⓘ
usedOn	Latvian embassies abroad ⓘ Latvian ships ⓘ public buildings in Latvia ⓘ
usedSince	13th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited