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annexation

acquisition of a state's territory by another state
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annexation

Summary

annexation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,407 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • annexation is a type of occurrence[2].
  • annexation is a type of territorial change[3].
  • annexation is a type of conflict[4].
  • annexation's Commons category is recorded as Annexation[5].
  • annexation is the opposite of detachment[6].
  • annexation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Annexation[7].
  • annexation's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • annexation's described by source is recorded as Siyasî Düşünce Sözlüğü[9].
  • annexation's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[10].
  • annexation's different from is recorded as conquest[11].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include occurrence[2], territorial change[3], and conflict[4]. annexation is the opposite of detachment[6].

Why It Matters

annexation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,407 views/month).[1] annexation has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] annexation is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_annexation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{annexation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/annexation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Opposite of → detachment
    Subclass of → occurrence, territorial change, conflict
    Topic's main category → Category:Annexation
    Subclass of → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 5383, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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