Home › Entities › type_of_sport › Muay Thai

Muay Thai

combat sport and martial art that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques
Thing type_of_sport Q120931
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Summary

Muay Thai is a type of sport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of type of sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,336 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: martial arts[3], combat sport[4]
  • Commons category: Muay Thai[5]
  • Country of origin: Thailand[6]
  • Commons gallery: Muay Thai[7]
  • Described by source: "Kyrgyzstan" national encyclopedia[8]
  • Native label: มวยไทย[9]
  • Different from: Thai boxer[10], full contact karate[11], karate[12], taekwondo[13], kung fu[14], Shorinji Kempo[15]
  • Permanent duplicated item: Muay Thai[16]
  • Practiced by: Thai boxer[17]

Why It Matters

Muay Thai has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 100 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Brandon Lee Caity Lotz Georges St-Pierre Gina Carano Kellan Lutz Mark Dacascos ONE Championship Tahmoh Penikett Thailand Tony Jaa Wagner Moura

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Muay Thai. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/muay-thai
MLA “Muay Thai.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 16 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/muay-thai.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_muay-thai_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Muay Thai}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/muay-thai}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-16}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Muay Thai — https://4ort.xyz/entity/muay-thai (retrieved 2026-10-16)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/muay-thai · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4ekl9U
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0010245-thajsky-box
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0010245-thajsky-box, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.