Entity types used by Bing Entity Search API

This section contains the list possible entity hints. The hints are grouped by category of entities.

Base entity types

• Generic
• Person
• Place
• Media
• Organization

Place base type entity hints

• Attraction
• City
• Continent
• Country
• Hotel
• House
• LocalBusiness
• Locality
• MinorRegion
• Neighborhood
• Other
• PointOfInterest
• PostalCode
• RadioStation
• Region
• Restaurant
• State
• StreetAddress
• SubRegion
• TouristAttraction
• Travel

Media base type entity hints

• Book
• Movie
• TelevisionSeason
• TelevisionShow
• VideoGame

Event-related entity hints

• Event

Profession-related entity hints

• Actor
• Artist
• Attorney

Education-related entity hints

• CollegeOrUniversity
• School
• Speciality

Other entity hints

• Animal
• Car
• Drug
• Food
• Product
• SportsTeam