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shinty

team sport with ball and sticks
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shinty

Summary

shinty has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • shinty is a type of team sport[2].
  • shinty is a type of ball game[3].
  • shinty is a type of hockey[4].
  • shinty's Commons category is recorded as Shinty[5].
  • shinty's country of origin is recorded as Scotland[6].
  • shinty's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Shinty[7].
  • shinty's Commons gallery is recorded as Shinty[8].
  • shinty's different from is recorded as curling[9].
  • shinty's different from is recorded as hurling[10].
  • shinty's practiced by is recorded as shinty player[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include team sport[2], ball game[3], and hockey[4].

Why It Matters

shinty has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] shinty is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

Scotland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . experiencegaelicgames.com. experiencegaelicgames.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 25d ago · Chalmd · 2026-06-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Bbc things id → 85035200-be0c-43af-b158-6db37cb1fede
    Different from → curling, hurling
    Subclass of → team sport, ball game, hockey
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1617]]: 85035200-be0c-43af-b158-6db37cb1fede"
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