obelisk
tall, four-sided, narrow tapering monument which ends in a pyramid-like shape at the top
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obelisk
Summary
obelisk ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,531 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- obelisk is a type of architectural structure[2].
- obelisk is a type of monument[3].
- obelisk is a type of shape[4].
- obelisk's Commons category is recorded as Obelisks[5].
- obelisk's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Obelisks[6].
- obelisk's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=obelisk[7].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[8].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
- obelisk's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[18].
- obelisk's different from is recorded as Obelisk[19].
- obelisk's different from is recorded as Obelix[20].
- obelisk's has list is recorded as list of obelisks[21].
- obelisk's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[22].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include architectural structure[2], monument[3], and shape[4].
Influence
Things named for obelisk include †[23], an Unicode character[24] and Obelix[25], a fictional human[26].
Why It Matters
obelisk ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,531 views/month).[1] obelisk has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] obelisk is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]
Entities named for obelisk include †[23], an Unicode character[24] and Obelix[25], a fictional human[26].