bay
body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline
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Summary
bay is a feature type[1]. bay draws 4,314 Wikipedia views per month (feature type category, ranking #6 of 14).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: shoreline indentation[3], water area[4]
- Commons category: Bays[5]
- Said to be the same as: gulf[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Bays[7]
- OpenStreetMap tag: natural=bay[8]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[9], Otto's encyclopedia[10], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox bay[12]
- Different from: Bugt[13], Bucht[14], Buĥto[15]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
- Category for eponymous categories: Catégorie:Catégorie d'une baie[17]
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Influence
Things named for bay include Bay-class frigate[18], a ship class[19], founded in 1945[20].
Why It Matters
bay has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] bay is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for bay include Bay-class frigate[18], a ship class[19], founded in 1945[20].