pagoda
tiered tower built in an East Asian style, a kind of decorative garden structure
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Summary
pagoda ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,902 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: structure of worship[2], architectural structure[3], roof shape[4], religious tower building[5], garden feature[6]
- Commons category: Pagodas[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pagodas[8]
- OpenStreetMap tag: building=pagoda[9]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[10], Yuzhakov Big Encyclopedia[11], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Gujin Tushu Jicheng[13], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from pagodas[19]
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Influence
Things named for pagoda include pagodane[20], a type of chemical entity[21] and Pagoda[22], an amusement ride[23], in Netherlands[24], founded in 1987[25].
Why It Matters
pagoda has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] pagoda is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]
Entities named for pagoda include pagodane[20], a type of chemical entity[21] and Pagoda[22], an amusement ride[23], in Netherlands[24], founded in 1987[25].