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boarding house

house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights
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boarding house
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boarding house

Summary

boarding house ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,812 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • boarding house is a type of dwelling[2].
  • boarding house is a type of lodging[3].
  • boarding house's Commons category is recorded as Boarding houses[4].
  • boarding house's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • boarding house's different from is recorded as bed and breakfast[6].
  • boarding house's different from is recorded as gîte[7].
  • boarding house's different from is recorded as vacation rental[8].
  • boarding house's different from is recorded as boarding[9].
  • boarding house's different from is recorded as boarding school[10].
  • boarding house's different from is recorded as guest house[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dwelling[2] and lodging[3].

Why It Matters

boarding house ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,812 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → dwelling, lodging
    Different from → bed and breakfast, gîte, vacation rental +3
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007544370505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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