city

large human settlement
class classification_of_human_settlements Q515
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city

Summary

city is a classification of human settlements[1]. city has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • city's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements[3].
  • city is a type of urban settlement[4].
  • city is a type of city or town[5].
  • city's Commons category is recorded as Cities[6].
  • city's said to be the same as is recorded as city[7].
  • city's said to be the same as is recorded as English-language word "city"[8].
  • city comprises neighborhood[9].
  • city's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cities[10].
  • city's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Cities[11].
  • city's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as place=city[12].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický[13].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[15].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[18].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[19].
  • city's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • city's partially coincident with is recorded as control city[21].
  • city's topic has template is recorded as Template:City-stub[22].
  • city's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox city[23].
  • city's topic has template is recorded as Template:City Wikidata[24].
  • city's topic has template is recorded as Template:Cities[25].
  • city's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/City[26].
  • city's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/City[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for city include Myrnohrad[28], a city of regional significance of Ukraine[29], in Ukraine[30], founded in 1911[31]; Sin City[32], a film production company[33], in United States[34], headquartered in California[35]; Meerstad[36], a residential area[37], in Netherlands[38]; city pop[39], a music genre[40], founded in 1970[41]; Villo![42], a bicycle-sharing system[43], in Belgium[44], founded in 2009[45]; Belgorod[46], a city or town[47], in Russia[48], founded in 1596[49]; Al-Balad[50], a surah[51]; and metropolis[52].

Why It Matters

city has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] city is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[53]

Entities named for city include Myrnohrad[28], a city of regional significance of Ukraine[29], in Ukraine[30], founded in 1911[31]; Sin City[32], a film production company[33], in United States[34], headquartered in California[35]; Meerstad[36], a residential area[37], in Netherlands[38]; city pop[39], a music genre[40], founded in 1970[41]; Villo![42], a bicycle-sharing system[43], in Belgium[44], founded in 2009[45]; and Belgorod[46], a city or town[47], in Russia[48], founded in 1596[49].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [46] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [50] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [52] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [45] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [48] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  16. [49] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  17. [51] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [53] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11h ago · AHIOH · 2026-07-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of classification of human settlements
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q137018865]]"
  2. 4d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 1XgjQD
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id miestas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: miestas"
  4. 4w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag cities
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: cities, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923766|cities (#289923766)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  5. 4w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id h0001794-mesta
    Subclass of urban settlement, city or town
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0001794-mesta, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  6. 5w ago · OBender12 · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of urban settlement, city or town
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q97272884 */"
  7. 9w ago · Gower · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of urban settlement, city or town
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q56061]]"
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