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limerick

form of poetry
Class type of: humorous poetry Q204698

Facts

5 properties
Instance of
poetry genre
Subclass of
humorous poetry
Described by source
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[4]
Named after
Limerick[3]
Subject lexeme
L37097
🏷️ Also known as
en limerick en Limerick ar قصيدة اللمريكة cs Limerik el Λίμερικ es Limericks fa لیمریک (شعر) fi limerikki he חמשיר ja リマリック ja リメリック ko 리머릭 pl Limeryk pt Limerique ro Limericks ru лимерик ru лимерики ru Лимерики ru лимерик (поэзия) tr hicviye
🔖 Identifiers · 22
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85077014
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300417752
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/7530
BBC Things ID
964504ff-e518-4a0a-a0b3-f03015d7b672
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12649416z
Cultureel Woordenboek ID
literatuur-internationaal/limerick
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
art/limerick-poetic-form
FAST ID
998850
Freebase ID
/m/0d29k
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2144824
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
36562
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
limericks
Show all 22 identifiers +10
Krugosvet article (archived)
literatura/limerik
Lex ID
limerick
Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms ID
gf2014026412
Museum-digital tag ID
40288
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007529220505171
Subreddit
limericks
TV Tropes ID
Main/Limerick
Work available at URL
humoropedia.com
YSO ID
17572
Yale LUX ID
concept/65a0e6cf-8de0-4cea-8938-c0b358cf1530

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Described by source 1
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Named after 1
Limerick
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Summary

limerick is a poetry genre[1]. limerick is a type of humorous poetry[2].

Related Entities

Limerick

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  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · WDEditor777 · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work available at URL → https://humoropedia.com/absurdly-funny-limericks/
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Work available at URL: https://humoropedia.com/absurdly-funny-limericks/"
  2. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Named after → Limerick
    Subclass of → —
    Subject lexeme → L37097
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ YSO ID: 17572, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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