hunting

human activity of searching for, pursuing, and catching wild animals
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hunting

Summary

hunting is an activity[1]. hunting draws 619 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #28 of 272).[2]

Key Facts

  • hunting's instance of is recorded as activity[3].
  • hunting was followed by animal slaughter[4].
  • hunting was followed by eating[5].
  • hunting is a type of activity[6].
  • hunting is a type of intentional human activity[7].
  • hunting is part of primitive tribal community[8].
  • hunting's Commons category is recorded as Hunting[9].
  • hunting's patron saint is recorded as Giles[10].
  • hunting's patron saint is recorded as Saint Eustace[11].
  • hunting's patron saint is recorded as Hubertus[12].
  • hunting comprises seeking[13].
  • hunting comprises attack[14].
  • hunting comprises collecting[15].
  • hunting comprises butchering[16].
  • hunting began on -1800000-00-00T00:00:00Z[17].
  • hunting began on -200000-00-00T00:00:00Z[18].
  • A participant in hunting was human[19].
  • Among those involved in hunting was Animalia[20].
  • hunting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hunting[21].
  • hunting's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Hunting[22].
  • hunting's depicted by is recorded as Fireplace with hunting scenes[23].
  • hunting's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[24].
  • hunting's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[25].
  • hunting's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[26].
  • hunting's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng[27].

Body

Definition and Type

hunting's instance of is recorded as activity[3]. Recorded subclass of include activity[6] and intentional human activity[7].

Use and Application

Components include seeking[13], a type of process[28]; attack[14], a type of crime[29]; collecting[15]; and butchering[16]. hunting is part of primitive tribal community[8].

Influence

Things named for hunting include Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel[30], a watercraft class[31], founded in 1978[32] and Hunt-class minesweeper[33], a watercraft class[34], founded in 1917[35].

Why It Matters

hunting draws 619 Wikipedia views per month (activity category, ranking #28 of 272).[2] hunting has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] hunting is known by 84 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for hunting include Hunt-class mine countermeasures vessel[30], a watercraft class[31], founded in 1978[32] and Hunt-class minesweeper[33], a watercraft class[34], founded in 1917[35].

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.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Subclass of activity, intentional human activity
    Uses hunting weapon, trapping
    Start time -1800000-00-00T00:00:00Z, -200000-00-00T00:00:00Z
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