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circumnavigation

Summary

circumnavigation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,381 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • circumnavigation is a type of travel[2].
  • circumnavigation's Commons category is recorded as Circumnavigation[3].
  • circumnavigation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Circumnavigation[4].
  • circumnavigation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • circumnavigation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[6].
  • circumnavigation's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[7].
  • circumnavigation's has list is recorded as list of circumnavigations[8].

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Definition and Type

circumnavigation is a type of travel[2].

Why It Matters

circumnavigation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,381 views/month).[1] circumnavigation has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] circumnavigation is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). circumnavigation. Retrieved April 11, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/circumnavigation
MLA “circumnavigation.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 11 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/circumnavigation.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_circumnavigation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{circumnavigation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/circumnavigation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-11}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subject lexeme → {'id': 'L298629', 'numeric-id': 298629, 'entity-type': 'lexe
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → travel
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546370205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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