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Charlotte Hornets

American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina
Organization basketball_team Q163480
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Summary

Charlotte Hornets is a basketball team[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of basketball team entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (14,779 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: United States[3]
  • Home venue: Spectrum Center[4]
  • League or competition: National Basketball Association[5]
  • Owned by: Michael Jordan[6]
  • Headquarters location: Charlotte[7]
  • Head coach: Charles Lee[8]
  • Part of: Southeast Division[9]
  • Commons category: Charlotte Hornets[10]
  • Inception: 1988[11]
  • Sport: basketball[12]
  • Mascot: Hugo[13]
  • Official website: http://www.nba.com/hornets/[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Charlotte Hornets[15]
  • Described at URL: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9057444/nba_november_4_1988/[16], https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9057954/nba_november_5_1988/[17]
  • Topic has template: Q25869718[18]
  • Category for members of a team: Category:Charlotte Hornets players[19]
  • Social media followers: 1,012,058[20], 979,776[21], 15,400[22], 1,134,505[23], 18,300[24], 1,198,394[25], 20,300[26], 24,200[27], 27,000[28], 30,200[29], 36,500[30], 40,300[31]

Why It Matters

Charlotte Hornets has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  6. [8] ↑ . foxsports.com. foxsports.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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