Uruguayan peso
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The Uruguayan peso is the official national currency of Uruguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uruguayan peso canonical | 12 |
| UYU | 2 |
| nuevo peso uruguayo | 1 |
| peso uruguayo | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4049669 — 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: Uruguayan peso Context triple: [Punta del Este, currency, Uruguayan peso]
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A.
Argentine peso
The Argentine peso is the official national currency of Argentina, used for everyday transactions and pricing throughout the country.
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B.
Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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C.
Bolivian boliviano
The Bolivian boliviano is the official currency of Bolivia, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Central Bank of Bolivia.
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D.
Guaranda
Guaranda is a small Andean city in central Ecuador known for its traditional architecture, indigenous culture, and vibrant Carnival celebrations.
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E.
Colombian escudo
The Colombian escudo was a historical currency of Colombia used primarily during the colonial and early republican periods before being replaced by the Colombian peso.
- 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: Uruguayan peso Target entity description: The Uruguayan peso is the official national currency of Uruguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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A.
Argentine peso
The Argentine peso is the official national currency of Argentina, used for everyday transactions and pricing throughout the country.
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B.
Chilean peso
The Chilean peso is the official monetary unit of Chile, used for everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
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C.
Bolivian boliviano
The Bolivian boliviano is the official currency of Bolivia, used for everyday transactions and issued by the Central Bank of Bolivia.
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D.
Guaranda
Guaranda is a small Andean city in central Ecuador known for its traditional architecture, indigenous culture, and vibrant Carnival celebrations.
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E.
Colombian escudo
The Colombian escudo was a historical currency of Colombia used primarily during the colonial and early republican periods before being replaced by the Colombian peso.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fiat currency
ⓘ
national currency ⓘ |
| centralBank |
Banco Central del Uruguay
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Bank of Uruguay
Central Bank of Uruguay ⓘ |
| country | Uruguay ⓘ |
| currencyCodeFormer | UYN ⓘ |
| currencySignPlacement | before amount ⓘ |
| hasBanknoteDenomination |
100 pesos
ⓘ
1000 pesos ⓘ 20 pesos ⓘ 200 pesos ⓘ 2000 pesos ⓘ 50 pesos ⓘ 500 pesos ⓘ |
| hasCoinDenomination |
1 peso
ⓘ
10 pesos ⓘ 100 pesos ⓘ 2 pesos ⓘ 5 pesos ⓘ 50 pesos ⓘ 500 pesos ⓘ |
| hasInflationTargetingPolicy | true ⓘ |
| introduced | 1993 ⓘ |
| isDecimalCurrency | true ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code |
UYU
ⓘ
linked to:
Uruguayan peso
|
| ISO4217Number | 858 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Spanish ⓘ |
| legalStatus | legal tender ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn | Uruguay ⓘ |
| localSymbol | $U ⓘ |
| monetaryPolicyManagedBy |
Banco Central del Uruguay
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Bank of Uruguay
|
| nativeName |
peso uruguayo
ⓘ
linked to:
Uruguayan peso
|
| officialCurrencyOf | Uruguay ⓘ |
| peggedTo | none ⓘ |
| region | South America ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency |
UYN
ⓘ
nuevo peso uruguayo ⓘ
linked to:
Uruguayan peso
|
| revaluationFactor | 1000 to 1 ⓘ |
| subunit | centésimo ⓘ |
| subunitToUnit | 100 ⓘ |
| symbol | $ ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Uruguayan government
ⓘ
linked to:
Government of Uruguay
businesses in Uruguay ⓘ residents of Uruguay ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday transactions
ⓘ
financial operations ⓘ tax payments in Uruguay ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uruguayan peso Description of subject: The Uruguayan peso is the official national currency of Uruguay, used for all everyday transactions and financial operations throughout the country.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Uruguayan peso
linked to: Uruguayan peso
linked to: Uruguayan peso
subject linked to:
Uruguay (co‑patron, in some Catholic traditions)
subject linked to:
southwestern Uruguay
linked to: Uruguayan peso