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Babel fish

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Babel fish

Summary

Babel fish is a fictional fish[1]. They has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Babel fish's instance of is recorded as fictional fish[3].
  • Tower of Babel is named after Babel fish[4].
  • Babel fish's from narrative universe is recorded as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy universe[5].
  • Babel fish's present in work is recorded as The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[6].
  • Babel fish's has characteristic is recorded as universal translator[7].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Babel fish include Yahoo! Babel Fish[8], a website[9], founded in 2003[10].

Why It Matters

Babel fish has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] They is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Entities named for them include Yahoo! Babel Fish[8], a website[9], founded in 2003[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . theliteraryreview.org. theliteraryreview.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Yirba · 2026-08-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Has characteristic → universal translator
    Named after → Tower of Babel
    Present in work → The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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