Mexican national coat of arms

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coat of arms national emblem

The Mexican national coat of arms is a heraldic emblem depicting an eagle devouring a serpent atop a prickly pear cactus, symbolizing the country’s Aztec heritage and national identity.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Coat of arms of Mexico	4
coat of arms of Mexico	3
Mexican coat of arms	2
Coat of arms of Mexico (1823–1864)	1
Escudo Nacional de México	1
Mexican national coat of arms canonical	1
Mexican national emblem	1
National Arms of Mexico	1
coat of arms of Mexico (used in logo)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T62105 — 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: Mexican national coat of arms
Context triple: [Independence Day (Mexico), symbol, Mexican national coat of arms]

A. Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
B. Coat of arms of Chile
The Coat of arms of Chile is the national emblem featuring a shield supported by a huemul and a condor, topped with a crest of three feathers, symbolizing the country's heritage, strength, and sovereignty.
C. Puerto Rican flag
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
D. Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
E. Order of the Aztec Eagle
The Order of the Aztec Eagle is Mexico’s highest honor awarded to foreigners for exceptional services to the country or humanity.
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: Mexican national coat of arms
Target entity description: The Mexican national coat of arms is a heraldic emblem depicting an eagle devouring a serpent atop a prickly pear cactus, symbolizing the country’s Aztec heritage and national identity.

A. Mexican flag
The Mexican flag is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red featuring a national coat of arms with an eagle devouring a snake atop a cactus, symbolizing the country’s heritage and identity.
B. Coat of arms of Chile
The Coat of arms of Chile is the national emblem featuring a shield supported by a huemul and a condor, topped with a crest of three feathers, symbolizing the country's heritage, strength, and sovereignty.
C. Puerto Rican flag
The Puerto Rican flag is a red, white, and blue banner featuring five horizontal stripes and a single white star within a blue triangle, symbolizing the island’s identity and political history.
D. Chilean flag
The Chilean flag is the national flag of Chile, featuring a white and red horizontal bicolor with a blue canton bearing a single white star, and is a central emblem of Chilean identity and patriotism.
E. Order of the Aztec Eagle
The Order of the Aztec Eagle is Mexico’s highest honor awarded to foreigners for exceptional services to the country or humanity.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coat of arms ⓘ national emblem ⓘ
adoptedBy	United Mexican States ⓘ linked to: Mexico
appearsIn	Article 3 of the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem ⓘ
associatedWith	United Mexican States ⓘ linked to: Mexico
basedOn	Aztec legend of the founding of Tenochtitlan ⓘ
cactusType	Opuntia (prickly pear) cactus ⓘ nopal ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
culturalSignificance	emblem of Mexican patriotism ⓘ key symbol of Mexican sovereignty ⓘ
depicts	golden eagle ⓘ lake ⓘ laurel branch ⓘ oak branch ⓘ prickly pear cactus ⓘ rattlesnake ⓘ rock ⓘ
designElement	stylized pre-Hispanic glyph for Tenochtitlan (rock in the lake) ⓘ
eagleAction	devouring a serpent ⓘ perched on a cactus ⓘ
eaglePosition	profile ⓘ
eagleSpecies	golden eagle ⓘ
hasVariant	colored version for the national flag ⓘ simplified monochrome version for official seals ⓘ
historicalPrecursor	First Mexican Empire coat of arms ⓘ linked to: coat of arms of New Spain coat of arms of New Spain ⓘ
influencedBy	European heraldic tradition ⓘ indigenous Mesoamerican iconography ⓘ
lakeName	Lake Texcoco ⓘ
legalStatus	defined in the Law on the National Arms, Flag, and Anthem of Mexico ⓘ
officialName	Escudo Nacional de México ⓘ linked to: Mexican national coat of arms
orientation	eagle facing left (dexter) from the viewer’s perspective ⓘ
regulatedBy	Mexican federal government ⓘ linked to: Government of Mexico
ribbonColors	green ⓘ red ⓘ white ⓘ
serpentPosition	held in the eagle’s beak and talon ⓘ
symbolizes	Aztec heritage ⓘ Mexican national identity ⓘ Tenochtitlan foundation legend ⓘ triumph of good over evil ⓘ
usedOn	Mexican currency ⓘ Mexican passports ⓘ Mexican seals ⓘ flag of Mexico ⓘ linked to: Mexican flag official Mexican government documents ⓘ
usedSince	19th century ⓘ
wreath	oak and laurel branches tied with a ribbon in the national colors ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Independence Day (Mexico) → symbol → Mexican national coat of arms ⓘ

subject linked to: Independence Day

nopal cactus → featuredOn → coat of arms of Mexico ⓘ