Latvian national coat of arms

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The Latvian national coat of arms is the official heraldic emblem of Latvia, featuring a shield with a sun, a lion, and a griffin, symbolizing the country's historical regions and national identity.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Coat of arms of Latvia	4
Latvian coat of arms	1
Latvian national coat of arms canonical	1
Latvijas valsts ģerbonis	1
National symbols of Latvia	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3033178 — 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 coat of arms
Context triple: [Latvia men's national ice hockey team, nationalSymbolUsed, Latvian national coat of arms]

A. Latvian national flag
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.
B. Coat of arms of Lithuania
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.
C. 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.
D. Finnish coat of arms
The Finnish coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem of Finland, featuring a crowned lion brandishing a sword amid stylized roses, symbolizing the country's sovereignty and historical identity.
E. 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.
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 coat of arms
Target entity description: The Latvian national coat of arms is the official heraldic emblem of Latvia, featuring a shield with a sun, a lion, and a griffin, symbolizing the country's historical regions and national identity.

A. Latvian national flag
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.
B. Coat of arms of Lithuania
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.
C. 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.
D. Finnish coat of arms
The Finnish coat of arms is the national heraldic emblem of Finland, featuring a crowned lion brandishing a sword amid stylized roses, symbolizing the country's sovereignty and historical identity.
E. 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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	national coat of arms ⓘ national symbol ⓘ
adopted	1921 ⓘ
associatedWith	Latvian independence of 1918 ⓘ
category	Coats of arms of European countries ⓘ National symbols of Latvia ⓘ linked to: Latvian national coat of arms
compartment	crossed oak branches ⓘ
country	Latvia ⓘ
crestElement	three golden stars above shield ⓘ
designPeriod	after World War I ⓘ
features	griffin ⓘ lion ⓘ oak branches ⓘ ribbon in national colors ⓘ sun ⓘ three stars ⓘ
griffinRepresents	Latgale ⓘ Vidzeme ⓘ
legalStatus	defined in Constitution of Latvia ⓘ regulated by law on the State Coat of Arms ⓘ
officialName	Latvijas valsts ģerbonis ⓘ linked to: Latvian national coat of arms
readopted	1990 ⓘ
restoredAfter	restoration of independence in 1991 ⓘ
ribbonColors	carmine red ⓘ white ⓘ
shieldColor	blue ⓘ red ⓘ silver ⓘ
sunSymbolMeaning	freedom ⓘ independence ⓘ
supporter	red lion ⓘ silver griffin ⓘ
symbolizes	Kurzeme ⓘ Latgale ⓘ Latvian national identity ⓘ Vidzeme ⓘ Zemgale ⓘ
temporarilyReplacedDuring	Soviet occupation of Latvia ⓘ linked to: Soviet occupation of the Baltic states
threeStarsRepresent	historical regions of Latvia ⓘ
usedBy	Republic of Latvia ⓘ linked to: Latvia
usedOn	Latvian currency designs ⓘ Latvian passports ⓘ government buildings ⓘ official documents ⓘ

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