minaret
distinctive architectural feature of mosques
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Summary
minaret ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,197 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: religious tower building[2]
- Part of: mosque[3]
- Commons category: Minarets[4]
- Topic's main category: Category:Minarets[5]
- OpenStreetMap tag: tower:type=minaret[6]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[7], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[11], New International Encyclopedia[12], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[13]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from minarets[14]
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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 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] minaret is known by 50 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].