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dragon
Summary
dragon is a mythical animal[1]. dragon ranks in the top 5% of mythical_animal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,045 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- dragon's instance of is recorded as mythical animal[3].
- dragon is a type of mythical creature[4].
- dragon is a type of mythical animal[5].
- dragon's Commons category is recorded as Dragons[6].
- dragon's Unicode character is recorded as 🐉[7].
- dragon's Unicode character is recorded as 🐲[8].
- dragon's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dragons[9].
- dragon's Commons gallery is recorded as Dragon[10].
- dragon's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q42902135[11].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[12].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[13].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[15].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[18].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[19].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[20].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Zedler, Großes vollständiges Universallexicon aller Wissenschaften und Künste[21].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[22].
- dragon's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[23].
- dragon's partially coincident with is recorded as fire-breathing monster[24].
- dragon's topic has template is recorded as Template:Dragons[25].
- dragon's has characteristic is recorded as fire-breathing monster[26].
- dragon's has characteristic is recorded as fire breathing[27].
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Designation and Status
dragon's instance of is recorded as mythical animal[3].
Cultural Significance
Things named for dragon include Dungeons & Dragons[28], a tabletop role-playing game[29], written by Gary Gygax[30]; dragoon[31]; Bel and the Dragon[32], a chapter of the Bible[33]; Four Asian Tigers[34], a geopolitical group[35]; Chunichi Dragons[36], a baseball team[37], in Japan[38], founded in 1936[39], headquartered in Aichi Prefecture[40]; dragon curve[41]; greater weever[42], a taxon[43]; and here be dragons[44], a Latin phrase[45].
Why It Matters
dragon ranks in the top 5% of mythical_animal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,045 views/month).[2] dragon has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46] dragon is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[47]
Entities named for dragon include Dungeons & Dragons[28], a tabletop role-playing game[29], written by Gary Gygax[30]; dragoon[31]; Bel and the Dragon[32], a chapter of the Bible[33]; Four Asian Tigers[34], a geopolitical group[35]; Chunichi Dragons[36], a baseball team[37], in Japan[38], founded in 1936[39], headquartered in Aichi Prefecture[40]; and dragon curve[41].