minaret

Summary

minaret ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,252 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• minaret is a type of religious tower building^[2].
• minaret is part of mosque^[3].
• minaret's Commons category is recorded as Minarets^[4].
• minaret's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Minarets^[5].
• minaret's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as tower:type=minaret^[6].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[7].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[8].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[9].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[10].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[11].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[12].
• minaret's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7^[13].
• minaret's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from minarets^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

minaret is a type of religious tower building^[2].

Use and Application

minaret is part of mosque^[3].

Influence

Things named for minaret include Do Menareh Mosque^[15], a mosque^[16], in Iran^[17] and Menareh Mosque^[18], a mosque^[19], in Iran^[20].

Why It Matters

minaret ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,252 views/month).^[1] minaret has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] minaret is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for minaret include Do Menareh Mosque^[15], a mosque^[16], in Iran^[17] and Menareh Mosque^[18], a mosque^[19], in Iran^[20].