club
short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon
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Summary
club is a weapon type[1]. club ranks in the top 7% of weapon type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,032 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: blunt instrument[3], stick[4], weapon[5], archaeological artefact[6], artificial physical object[7]
- Commons category: Club (weapon)[8]
- Topic's main category: Category:Clubs (weapon)[9]
- Commons gallery: Club (weapon)[10]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 3[14]
- Different from: club[15]
- Has list: list of clubs[16]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for club include Hercules' Club[18], a mythical object[19]; Massue[20], a destroyer[21]; and Corynophyllus[22], a taxon[23].
Why It Matters
club has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] club is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]
Entities named for club include Hercules' Club[18], a mythical object[19]; Massue[20], a destroyer[21]; and Corynophyllus[22], a taxon[23].