mafia

Summary

mafia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (695 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• mafia is a type of criminal organization^[2].
• mafia's Commons category is recorded as Mafia^[3].
• mafia's industry is recorded as organized crime^[4].
• mafia comprises organized crime in Italy^[5].
• mafia comprises Russian mafia^[6].
• mafia comprises yakuza^[7].
• mafia's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mafia^[8].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[9].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Causette^[10].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[11].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[12].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[13].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[14].
• mafia's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[15].
• mafia's manifestation of is recorded as organized crime^[16].
• mafia's different from is recorded as anarcho-capitalism^[17].
• mafia's different from is recorded as Mafia Airport^[18].
• mafia's different from is recorded as crowd^[19].
• mafia's practiced by is recorded as mobster^[20].

Body

Definition and Type

mafia is a type of criminal organization^[2].

Use and Application

Components include organized crime in Italy^[5], an aspect in a geographic region^[21], in Italy^[22]; Russian mafia^[6], in Russia^[23]; and yakuza^[7], a criminal organization^[24], founded in 1700^[25].

Influence

Things named for mafia include Dansmaffian^[26], a website^[27].

Why It Matters

mafia ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (695 views/month).^[1] mafia has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] mafia is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for mafia include Dansmaffian^[26], a website^[27].