hot dog
sausage in bun, usually with toppings
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Summary
hot dog ranks in the top 0.26% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (32,483 views/month, #201 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Charles Feltman[2]
- Named after: Vienna[3], Coney Island[4], dog[5]
- Made from material: hot dog bun[6], sauce[7], Vienna sausage[8], baked good[9]
- Subclass of: dish[10], meat pastry[11], sausage sandwich[12], street food[13], cuisine[14], fast food[15]
- Has use: eating[16], hot dog eating contest[17]
- Commons category: Hot dogs[18]
- Unicode character: 🌭[19]
- Country of origin: United States[20], Germany[21]
- Has part(s): baked good[22]
- Topic's main category: Category:Hot dogs[23]
- Partially coincident with: corn dog[24], sausage rolls[25]
- Cuisine: cuisine of the United States[26]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00002174[27]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[28]
- P14470: Objects/Hot_Dog[29]
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Influence
Things named for hot dog include Witches and Wieners Pack[30], a downloadable content[31].
Why It Matters
hot dog has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for it include Witches and Wieners Pack[30], a downloadable content[31].