town

Summary

town is a classification of human settlements^[1]. town draws 4,510 Wikipedia views per month (classification_of_human_settlements category, ranking #4 of 13).^[2]

Key Facts

• town's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements^[3].
• town is a type of urban settlement^[4].
• town is a type of city or town^[5].
• town is part of country^[6].
• town's Commons category is recorded as Towns^[7].
• town's said to be the same as is recorded as miasteczko^[8].
• town's said to be the same as is recorded as urban-type settlement^[9].
• town's said to be the same as is recorded as městys^[10].
• town's said to be the same as is recorded as povoado^[11].
• town's said to be the same as is recorded as small city^[12].
• town's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Towns^[13].
• town's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Town^[14].
• town's described at URL is recorded as http://mappings.dbpedia.org/index.php/OntologyClass:Town^[15].
• town's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as place=town^[16].
• town's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[17].
• town's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[18].
• town's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[19].
• town's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Town^[20].
• town's different from is recorded as big city^[21].
• town's different from is recorded as town of China^[22].
• town's different from is recorded as city^[23].
• town's different from is recorded as town of Japan^[24].
• town's next lower rank is recorded as large village^[25].
• town's next higher rank is recorded as city^[26].
• town's model item is recorded as Walldürn^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

town's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements^[3]. Recorded subclass of include urban settlement^[4] and city or town^[5].

Use and Application

town is part of country^[6].

Influence

Things named for town include Los Palacios y Villafranca^[28], a municipality of Spain^[29], in Spain^[30], founded in 1836^[31] and Town-class light cruiser^[32], a ship class^[33], founded in 1910^[34].

Why It Matters

town draws 4,510 Wikipedia views per month (classification_of_human_settlements category, ranking #4 of 13).^[2] town has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[35] town is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[36]

Entities named for town include Los Palacios y Villafranca^[28], a municipality of Spain^[29], in Spain^[30], founded in 1836^[31] and Town-class light cruiser^[32], a ship class^[33], founded in 1910^[34].