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EntityTypeName[entity]

gives the name of the entity type of entity.

EntityTypeName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the name of the entity type for entity1 through entityn.

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EntityTypeName   

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EntityTypeName[entity]

gives the name of the entity type of entity.

EntityTypeName[{entity1,…,entityn}]

gives the name of the entity type for entity1 through entityn.

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Basic Examples  (1)

Get the entity type of a list of entities:

Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[EntityList[["group of 8"]]]

Some entity canonical names exist in more than one entity type:

Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[["mercury"]]
Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[["mercury"]]

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Find the entity type of an entity:

Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[Entity["Pokemon", "Pokedex0025:Pikachu"]]
Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[Entity["FictionalCharacter", "Pikachu"]]
Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[Entity["Movie", "GoneWithTheWind::55mm5"]]
Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[Entity["Book", "GoneWithTheWind"]]

Find the entity types of a list of entities:

Wolfram Language code: EntityTypeName[{Entity["Planet", "Mercury"], Entity["Element", "Mercury"], Entity["Mythology", "Mercury"]}]

Find the entity type of an entity property:

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

Find the entity type of an entity class:

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

Give the entity type of an implicitly defined entity class:

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

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

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

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

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_entitytypename, author="Wolfram Research", title="{EntityTypeName}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityTypeName.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2026_entitytypename, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={EntityTypeName}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/EntityTypeName.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}