city or town

type of human settlement
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city or town

Summary

city or town is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

Key Facts

  • city or town is a type of urban settlement[2].
  • city or town is a type of locality[3].
  • city or town's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[4].
  • city or town's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[5].
  • city or town's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[6].
  • city or town's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[7].
  • city or town's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • city or town's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox city[9].
  • city or town's used by is recorded as by city[10].
  • city or town's has characteristic is recorded as long term[11].
  • city or town's has characteristic is recorded as urban population[12].
  • city or town's next lower rank is recorded as large village[13].
  • city or town's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Cities[14].
  • city or town's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of cities from below[15].
  • city or town's category for the view of the item is recorded as Category:Views of cities from above[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include urban settlement[2] and locality[3].

Use and Application

city or town's used by is recorded as by city[10].

Why It Matters

city or town is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.[1]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Vargenau · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → by city
    Open library subject id → cities_and_towns
    Thesaurus linguae aegyptiae thesaurus id → KDCR3NQLWFEDNL5BZVX2QCDMKQ
    Next lower rank → large village
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P910]]: [[Q9126476]]"
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