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cognac

alcoholic beverage; variety of brandy
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Summary

cognac ranks in the top 0.62% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,052 views/month, #486 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Country: France[2]
  • Subclass of: brandy[3], eau-de-vie[4]
  • Commons category: Cognac (drink)[5]
  • Color: amber[6]
  • Country of origin: France[7]
  • Official website: https://www.cognac.fr/[8], https://www.cognac.fr/en/[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cognac[10]
  • Commons gallery: Cognac (eau-de-vie)[11]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[12], The American Cyclopædia[13]
  • Product certification: appellation d'origine contrôlée[14]
  • Nickname: yak[15], конина[16]
  • Different from: Cognac[17]
  • Alcohol by volume: 40[18]
  • P14692: Pragelato[19]

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Influence

Things named for cognac include XO sauce[20].

Why It Matters

cognac has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] cognac is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

Entities named for cognac include XO sauce[20].

Related Entities

France Hennessy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . 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. 27d ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Pragelato
    Openstreetmap key → drink:cognac
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap key: drink:cognac"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Alcohol by volume → {'amount': '+40'}
    Different from → Cognac
    Country of origin → France
    Country → —
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 15565, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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