sword

Summary

sword is a weapon type^[1]. sword has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• sword's instance of is recorded as weapon type^[3].
• sword is a type of piercing-cutting weapon^[4].
• sword is a type of edged and bladed weapon^[5].
• sword's Commons category is recorded as Swords^[6].
• sword comprises blade^[7].
• sword comprises hilt^[8].
• sword comprises handle^[9].
• sword's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swords^[10].
• sword's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Individual swords^[11].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Vlastenský slovník historický^[12].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Gujin Tushu Jicheng^[13].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[14].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[15].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[16].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[17].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[18].
• sword's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[19].
• sword's used by is recorded as swordfighter^[20].
• sword's different from is recorded as KARD^[21].
• sword's different from is recorded as Swaard^[22].
• sword's different from is recorded as Swaardvenstraat^[23].
• sword's different from is recorded as Dorado^[24].
• sword's MCN code is recorded as 9307.00.00^[25].
• sword's permanent duplicated item is recorded as Double-edged sword^[26].
• sword's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for sword include kendo^[28], a type of sport^[29], in Japan^[30]; Mech^[31], a television series^[32], directed by Viktor Konisevich^[33]; uranospathite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; kenjutsu^[36], a jutsu^[37], in Japan^[38]; Xiphactinus^[39], a fossil taxon^[40]; and Espada^[41], a fictional group of characters^[42].

Why It Matters

sword has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] sword is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[43]

Entities named for sword include kendo^[28], a type of sport^[29], in Japan^[30]; Mech^[31], a television series^[32], directed by Viktor Konisevich^[33]; uranospathite^[34], a mineral species^[35]; kenjutsu^[36], a jutsu^[37], in Japan^[38]; Xiphactinus^[39], a fossil taxon^[40]; and Espada^[41], a fictional group of characters^[42].