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cashmere

fibre obtained from Cashmere goats and other types of goat
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cashmere
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Summary

cashmere is a fiber[1]. cashmere ranks in the top 10% of fiber entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,944 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • cashmere's instance of is recorded as fiber[3].
  • cashmere is a type of wool[4].
  • cashmere's Commons category is recorded as Cashmere wool[5].
  • cashmere's said to be the same as is recorded as pashmina[6].
  • cashmere's described by source is recorded as Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles[7].
  • cashmere's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • cashmere's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • cashmere's natural product of taxon is recorded as Cashmere goat[10].
  • cashmere's different from is recorded as Kashmir[11].

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Definition and Type

cashmere's instance of is recorded as fiber[3]. cashmere is a type of wool[4].

Why It Matters

cashmere ranks in the top 10% of fiber entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (24,944 views/month).[2] cashmere has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] cashmere is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Fairchild's Dictionary of Textiles. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 16d ago · Estopedist1 · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → wool
    Said to be the same as → pashmina
    Instance of → —
    Natural product of taxon → Cashmere goat
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q25501775 */"
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