teddy bear
soft toy in the form of a bear
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Summary
teddy bear ranks in the top 0.87% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,474 views/month, #678 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Named after: Theodore Roosevelt[2]
- Depicts: bear[3]
- Subclass of: toy animal[4], stuffed toy[5]
- Commons category: Teddy bears[6]
- Unicode character: 🧸[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Teddy bears[8]
- Commons gallery: Teddy bear[9]
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Influence
Things named for teddy bear include Teddy Award[10], a LGBT film award[11], in Germany[12], founded in 1987[13] and Bamse[14], a dog[15].
Why It Matters
teddy bear has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]
Entities named for it include Teddy Award[10], a LGBT film award[11], in Germany[12], founded in 1987[13] and Bamse[14], a dog[15].