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awning

secondary covering attached to the exterior wall of a building
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awning

Summary

awning ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • awning is a type of solar screen[2].
  • awning is a type of outdoor living stuff[3].
  • awning is a type of shade[4].
  • awning is a type of roof[5].
  • awning's Commons category is recorded as Awnings[6].
  • awning's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[7].
  • awning's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • awning's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[9].
  • awning's different from is recorded as glass awning[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include solar screen[2], outdoor living stuff[3], shade[4], and roof[5].

Why It Matters

awning ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[1] awning has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] awning is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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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.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → solar screen, outdoor living stuff, shade +1
    Different from → glass awning
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007282443305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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