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CanonicalName[entity]

gives the canonical name for the entity specified by entity.

CanonicalName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the canonical name for entity1 through entityn.

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CanonicalName

CanonicalName[entity]

gives the canonical name for the entity specified by entity.

CanonicalName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the canonical name for entity1 through entityn.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Get the canonical name for a list of entities:

Wolfram Language code: EntityList[EntityClass["Country", "GroupOf7"]]
Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[%]

Canonical names may have different structures in different domains:

Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[Entity["FictionalCharacter", "Pikachu"]]
Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[Entity["Movie", "GoneWithTheWind::55mm5"]]

Scope  (5)

Find the canonical name of an entity:

Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[Entity["Pokemon", "Pokedex0025:Pikachu"]]
Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[Entity["Book", "GoneWithTheWind"]]

Find the canonical names of a list of entities:

Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[{Entity["Planet", "Mercury"], Entity["Planet", "Venus"], Entity["Planet", "Earth"], Entity["Planet", "Mars"], Entity["Planet", "Jupiter"], Entity["Planet", "Saturn"], Entity["Planet", "Uranus"], Entity["Planet", "Neptune"]}]

Find the canonical name of an entity property:

Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[EntityProperty["Graph", "VertexCount"]]
Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[EntityProperty["Country", "Population"]]

Find the canonical name of an entity class:

Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[EntityClass["Planet", All]]
Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[EntityClass["Chemical", "Alkanes"]]

Give the canonical name of an implicitly defined entity class:

Wolfram Language code: CanonicalName[EntityClass["Country", {EntityProperty["Country", "BoundaryLength"] -> TakeLargest[10]}]]
Wolfram Research (2014), CanonicalName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html.

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Wolfram Research (2014), CanonicalName, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html.

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Wolfram Language. 2014. "CanonicalName." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2014). CanonicalName. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_canonicalname, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CanonicalName}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_canonicalname, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CanonicalName}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}