balcony

platform projecting from the wall of a building
Place building_part Q170552
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

balcony

Summary

balcony is a building part[1]. balcony draws 416 Wikipedia views per month (building_part category, ranking #3 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • balcony's instance of is recorded as building part[3].
  • balcony's instance of is recorded as building component[4].
  • beam is named after balcony[5].
  • balcony is a type of fixed construction[6].
  • balcony is a type of outdoor seating area[7].
  • balcony is a type of architectural ornament[8].
  • balcony is part of building[9].
  • balcony's Commons category is recorded as Balconies[10].
  • balcony's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Balconies[11].
  • balcony's Commons gallery is recorded as Balcony[12].
  • balcony's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • balcony's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • balcony's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[15].
  • balcony's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Architecture and Building (2nd edition)[16].
  • balcony's described by source is recorded as Kenchiku-gaku Yōgo Jiten (Dai 2-han)[17].
  • balcony's different from is recorded as veranda[18].
  • balcony's does not have part is recorded as roof[19].
  • balcony's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from balconies[20].

Body

Geography

balcony is part of building[9].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include building part[3] and building component[4].

History and Context

beam is named after balcony[5].

Cultural Significance

Things named for balcony include The Balcony[21], a literary work[22], founded in 1956[23], written by Jean Genet[24].

Why It Matters

balcony draws 416 Wikipedia views per month (building_part category, ranking #3 of 10).[2] balcony has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] balcony is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Entities named for balcony include The Balcony[21], a literary work[22], founded in 1956[23], written by Jean Genet[24].

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] . The Kenkyūsha Dictionary of English Etymology. 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] . 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. [25] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). balcony. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/balcony
MLA “balcony.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/balcony.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_balcony_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{balcony}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/balcony}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): balcony — https://4ort.xyz/entity/balcony (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/balcony · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of building
    Instance of
    Different from veranda
    Named after
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16115, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.