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water lantern

type of lamp that floats
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water lantern

Summary

water lantern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • water lantern is in the country of India[2].
  • water lantern is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • water lantern is a type of lantern[4].
  • water lantern is a type of annual event[5].
  • water lantern's Commons category is recorded as Floating lanterns[6].
  • water lantern's name in kana is recorded as とうろうながし[7].
  • water lantern's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Q140249898[8].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include lantern[4] and annual event[5].

Why It Matters

water lantern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (162 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

Related Entities

India People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · SHADOWARROW 2026 · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'commons', 'el', 'en', 'fr', 'id', 'is', 'ja', 'kn', 'nl', 'pa', 'zh', 'z
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    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||bn, hi */ Added missing Bengali and Hindi labels and descriptions"
  2. 16w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P30]]: [[Q48]]"
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