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self propulsion of a person through water or other liquid; mainly on the water surface
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swimming

Summary

swimming ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • swimming is a type of aquatic locomotion[2].
  • swimming is a type of physical activity[3].
  • swimming is a type of hobby[4].
  • swimming is a type of skill[5].
  • swimming's Commons category is recorded as Swimming[6].
  • swimming's Unicode character is recorded as 🏊[7].
  • swimming's sport is recorded as competitive swimming[8].
  • swimming's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swimming[9].
  • swimming's Commons gallery is recorded as Swimming[10].
  • swimming's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Swimming[11].
  • swimming's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[12].
  • swimming's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • swimming's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C94738[14].
  • swimming's different from is recorded as Q1229875[15].
  • swimming's different from is recorded as diving[16].
  • swimming's different from is recorded as underwater diving[17].
  • swimming's hashtag is recorded as Swimming[18].
  • swimming's practiced by is recorded as swimmer[19].
  • swimming's associated hazard is recorded as drowning[20].
  • swimming's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[21].
  • swimming's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[22].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include aquatic locomotion[2], physical activity[3], hobby[4], and skill[5].

Why It Matters

swimming ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,288 views/month).[1] swimming has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] swimming is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have, Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark
    Sport → competitive swimming
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 209333
    Subclass of → aquatic locomotion, physical activity, hobby +1
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 4330, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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