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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:

Canonical names may have different structures in different domains:

Scope  (5)

Find the canonical name of an entity:

Find the canonical names of a list of entities:

Find the canonical name of an entity property:

Find the canonical name of an entity class:

Give the canonical name of an implicitly defined entity class:

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.

CMS

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_2025_canonicalname, author="Wolfram Research", title="{CanonicalName}", year="2014", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html}", note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}

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@online{reference.wolfram_2025_canonicalname, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={CanonicalName}, year={2014}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/CanonicalName.html}, note=[Accessed: 13-August-2025]}