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igloo

type of shelter built of snow
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igloo
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igloo

Summary

igloo ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,541 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • igloo is a type of shelter[2].
  • igloo is a type of house[3].
  • igloo is a type of snow or ice construction[4].
  • igloo's Commons category is recorded as Igloos[5].
  • igloo's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Igloos[6].
  • igloo's Commons gallery is recorded as Igloo[7].
  • igloo's facet of is recorded as snow[8].
  • igloo's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include shelter[2], house[3], and snow or ice construction[4].

Why It Matters

igloo ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,541 views/month).[1] igloo has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] igloo is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_igloo_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{igloo}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/igloo}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Video → Inuits making igloo.webm
    Facet of → snow
    Made from material → Q7561
    Image → CERL foam dome Ft McPherson 1982.png, Eskimo family and their igloo cph.3c36050.jpg
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 26969, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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