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SOS

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SOS

Summary

SOS is a distress signal[1]. SOS has Wikipedia articles in 52 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • SOS's image is recorded as SOS morse code.png[3].
  • SOS's instance of is recorded as distress signal[4].
  • SOS's instance of is recorded as prosign for Morse code[5].
  • SOS's audio is recorded as SOS morse code.ogg[6].
  • salvation is named after SOS[7].
  • SOS's Commons category is recorded as SOS[8].
  • SOS's said to be the same as is recorded as Mayday[9].
  • SOS's Unicode character is recorded as 🆘[10].
  • SOS's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/012j12[11].
  • SOS's topic's main category is recorded as Category:SOS[12].
  • SOS's Commons gallery is recorded as SOS[13].
  • SOS's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0063752[14].
  • SOS's BBC Things ID is recorded as e1b9681a-337f-4bbb-a920-1d03984cb630[15].
  • SOS's different from is recorded as SOS / S.O.S.[16].
  • SOS's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as SOS[17].
  • SOS's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as sos[18].
  • SOS's Vikidia article ID is recorded as fr:SOS_(Signal_international_de_détresse)[19].

Why It Matters

SOS has Wikipedia articles in 52 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

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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] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). SOS. Retrieved May 7, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/sos
MLA “SOS.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 7 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/sos.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_sos_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{SOS}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/sos}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): SOS — https://4ort.xyz/entity/sos (retrieved 2026-05-07)

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