cross

Summary

cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• cross's image is recorded as L-Kreuz.png^[2].
• cross's subclass of is recorded as geometric shape^[3].
• cross's Commons category is recorded as Crosses^[4].
• cross's pronunciation audio is recorded as De-Kreuz.ogg^[5].
• cross's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 13490^[6].
• cross's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/022ch^[7].
• cross's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crosses^[8].
• cross's Commons gallery is recorded as Cross^[9].
• cross's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300010044^[10].
• cross's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[11].
• cross's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana^[12].
• cross's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[13].
• cross's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus^[14].
• cross's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/cross-religious-symbol^[15].
• cross's different from is recorded as Cross^[16].
• cross's different from is recorded as Cruz^[17].
• cross's different from is recorded as Croix^[18].
• cross's different from is recorded as Kreuz^[19].
• cross's different from is recorded as Σταυρός^[20].
• cross's different from is recorded as Rist^[21].
• cross's different from is recorded as Risti^[22].
• cross's different from is recorded as Croce^[23].
• cross's different from is recorded as Kruis^[24].
• cross's different from is recorded as Krzyż^[25].
• cross's different from is recorded as Križ^[26].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for cross include Crux^[27], a constellation^[28], founded in 1590^[29]; Stavropol^[30], an administrative divisions of Russia^[31], in Russia^[32], founded in 1777^[33]; staurolite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; Holy Cross Priory^[36], a church building^[37], in Sweden^[38]; and Wadi Salib^[39], a neighborhood^[40], in Israel^[41].

Why It Matters

cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (466 views/month).^[1] cross has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[42] cross is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for cross include Crux^[27], a constellation^[28], founded in 1590^[29]; Stavropol^[30], an administrative divisions of Russia^[31], in Russia^[32], founded in 1777^[33]; staurolite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; Holy Cross Priory^[36], a church building^[37], in Sweden^[38]; and Wadi Salib^[39], a neighborhood^[40], in Israel^[41].