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jack-o'-lantern

carved pumpkin or other gourd, used primarily for Halloween
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jack-o'-lantern

Summary

jack-o'-lantern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,233 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • jack-o'-lantern's depicts is recorded as Stingy Jack[2].
  • jack-o'-lantern is made of pumpkin[3].
  • jack-o'-lantern is a type of carving[4].
  • jack-o'-lantern is a type of lantern[5].
  • jack-o'-lantern is used for Halloween[6].
  • jack-o'-lantern's Commons category is recorded as Jack-o'-lantern[7].
  • jack-o'-lantern's Unicode character is recorded as 🎃[8].
  • jack-o'-lantern's significant event is recorded as Halloween[9].
  • jack-o'-lantern's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Jack-o'-lantern[10].
  • jack-o'-lantern's Commons gallery is recorded as Jack-o'-lantern[11].
  • jack-o'-lantern's fabrication method is recorded as pumpkin carving[12].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include carving[4] and lantern[5].

Use and Application

jack-o'-lantern is used for Halloween[6].

Why It Matters

jack-o'-lantern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,233 views/month).[1] jack-o'-lantern has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] jack-o'-lantern is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → carving, lantern
    Has use → Halloween
    Significant event → Halloween
    Fabrication method → pumpkin carving
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007529369505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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