tomahawk

axe from North America
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tomahawk
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tomahawk

Summary

tomahawk is a weapon family[1]. tomahawk draws 1,474 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_family category, ranking #45 of 256).[2]

Key Facts

  • tomahawk's instance of is recorded as weapon family[3].
  • tomahawk is a type of war axe[4].
  • tomahawk is used for cold weapon[5].
  • tomahawk is used for decoration[6].
  • tomahawk's Commons category is recorded as Tomahawks[7].
  • tomahawk's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • tomahawk's used by is recorded as Indigenous peoples of the Americas[9].
  • tomahawk's used by is recorded as indigenous peoples of Australia[10].
  • tomahawk's different from is recorded as Tomahawk[11].
  • tomahawk's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Designation and Status

tomahawk's instance of is recorded as weapon family[3].

Cultural Significance

Things named for tomahawk include BGM-109 Tomahawk[13], a missile model[14] and tomahawk[15].

Why It Matters

tomahawk draws 1,474 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_family category, ranking #45 of 256).[2] tomahawk has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] tomahawk is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Entities named for tomahawk include BGM-109 Tomahawk[13], a missile model[14] and tomahawk[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . 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] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [13] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [15] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [14] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of
    Instance of
    Has use cold weapon, decoration
    Different from Tomahawk
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007541484205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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