Turtle Island

traditional name for (North) America among some indigenous groups
Continent continent Q7856408
Turtle Island
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Turtle Island

Summary

Turtle Island is a continent[1]. It draws 1,094 Wikipedia views per month (continent category, ranking #7 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Turtle Island's image is recorded as Ernest Smith Sky Woman 1936.jpg[3].
  • Turtle Island's instance of is recorded as continent[4].
  • Turtle Island's instance of is recorded as part of the world[5].
  • Turtle Island's instance of is recorded as synonym[6].
  • Turtle Island's instance of is recorded as World Turtle[7].
  • Turtle Island's instance of is recorded as human world[8].
  • Turtle Island's Commons category is recorded as Turtle Island (Native America)[9].
  • Turtle Island's said to be the same as is recorded as North America[10].
  • Turtle Island's said to be the same as is recorded as Americas[11].
  • Turtle Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03grkd7[12].
  • Turtle Island's time of earliest written record is recorded as +1679-10-16T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Turtle Island's different from is recorded as Lenapehoking[14].
  • Turtle Island's named by is recorded as Iroquois mythology[15].
  • Turtle Island's named by is recorded as Lenape mythology[16].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Turtle Island include North America[17], a continent[18].

Why It Matters

Turtle Island draws 1,094 Wikipedia views per month (continent category, ranking #7 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for it include North America[17], a continent[18].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Retrieved . 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.
  11. [13] . Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, 1679-1680. gutenberg.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . 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. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Turtle Island. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/turtle-island
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_turtle-island_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Turtle Island}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/turtle-island}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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