street

public thoroughfare in a built environment like a village or city
Thing general Q79007
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Summary

street ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,862 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Location: city[2]
  • Subclass of: transport infrastructure[3], architectural structure[4], road[5]
  • Part of: address[6]
  • Commons category: Streets[7]
  • Has part(s): sidewalk[8], streetlight[9], pedestrian crossing[10], stairs[11], bridge[12], roadway[13], lawn[14]
  • IPA transcription: kaʀɛ̯r[15], kɘʀɛ̯[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Streets[17]
  • Commons gallery: Street[18]
  • Described at URL: http://akp.nba.fi/wiki;katu[19]
  • Described by source: Arkeologisen kulttuuriperinnön opas[20], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[23]
  • Partially coincident with: road[24]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox street[25], Template:Infobox Moscow street[26]
  • Main Wikidata property: P669[27], P1945[28]
  • Equivalent class: http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Street[29], https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Street[30]
  • Short name: R[31], ST[32], ul.[33], tn[34], ур.[35], g.[36], k.[37], c.[38], ул.[39], вул.[40], кӯч.[41], R.[42], Str.[43]
  • Different from: Ulica[44], Street[45], Calle[46], Dorfstraße[47], Gata[48], road[49]
  • Properties for this type: P2043[50], P131[51], P1427[52], P1444[53], P17[54], P138[55]
  • Name: 街路[56]

Body

Influence

Things named for street include Milky Way[57], a barred spiral galaxy[58]; stroad[59], in Canada[60]; and Stratesaurus[61], a monotypic fossil taxon[62].

Why It Matters

street has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[63] street is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[64]

Entities named for street include Milky Way[57], a barred spiral galaxy[58]; stroad[59], in Canada[60]; and Stratesaurus[61], a monotypic fossil taxon[62].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  28. [29] ↑ . Q138362428. wikidata.org.
  29. [30] ↑ . Suggested Upper Merged Ontology. wikidata.org.
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  55. [56] ↑ . Dictionary of Civil Engineering Terminology. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [61] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [58] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [60] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [63] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [64] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 6209
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ang', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'bar', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'be_x_old'
    Sitelink count → 106
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 6209, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7331202|street (#7331202)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 4w ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Street, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Equivalent class: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Street"
  3. 6w ago · Arlo Barnes · 2026-09-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Ulica, Street, Calle +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: road"
  4. 8w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → street, streets
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: streets, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289958481|streets (#289958481)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  5. 13w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Sven Neuhaus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q320628, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  6. 13w ago · Kanags · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → street, streets
    "/* wbmergeitems-from:0||Q16312771 */"
  7. 16w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'R'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ST'}, {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'ul.'} +14
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Short name: ul., дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  8. 17w ago · Szczecinolog · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'pt', 'text': 'R'}, {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ST'}, {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'ul.'} +14
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: ul."
  9. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Spanish cultural heritage thesauri id → bienesculturales/1008771
    Main wikidata property → P669, P1945
    Topic's main category → Category:Streets
    Has part(s) → sidewalk, streetlight, pedestrian crossing +4
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0001487-ulice, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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