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pillbox

concrete dug-in guard posts, normally equipped with loopholes through which to fire weapons
Thing type_of_building Q92069
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pillbox

Summary

pillbox is a type of building[1]. pillbox draws 1,582 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_building category, ranking #19 of 101).[2]

Key Facts

  • pillbox's instance of is recorded as type of building[3].
  • pill organizer is named after pillbox[4].
  • pillbox is a type of fortification[5].
  • pillbox's Commons category is recorded as Pillboxes[6].
  • pillbox's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as bunker_type=pillbox[7].

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Definition and Type

pillbox's instance of is recorded as type of building[3]. pillbox is a type of fortification[5].

Origins

pill organizer is named after pillbox[4].

Why It Matters

pillbox draws 1,582 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_building category, ranking #19 of 101).[2] pillbox has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] pillbox is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . pillbox-study-group.org.uk. Retrieved . pillbox-study-group.org.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_pillbox_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{pillbox}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/pillbox}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 2d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of building
    P14692 → Q6513
    Named after → —
    Named after → pill organizer
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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