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dust devil

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dust devil

Summary

dust devil is a weather[1]. It draws 2,280 Wikipedia views per month (weather category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • dust devil's instance of is recorded as weather[3].
  • dust devil is a type of vortex[4].
  • dust devil's Commons category is recorded as Dust devils[5].
  • dust devil's said to be the same as is recorded as Willy-willy[6].
  • dust devil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dust devils[7].
  • dust devil's Commons gallery is recorded as Dust devil[8].
  • dust devil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • dust devil's different from is recorded as tornado[10].
  • dust devil's different from is recorded as snowspout[11].
  • dust devil's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Fluid dynamics[12].

Body

Definition and Type

dust devil's instance of is recorded as weather[3]. It is a type of vortex[4].

Why It Matters

dust devil draws 2,280 Wikipedia views per month (weather category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Said to be the same as → Willy-willy
    Instance of → weather
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565480005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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