barracks

Summary

barracks ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• barracks is a type of government building^[2].
• barracks is a type of military building^[3].
• barracks is a type of military base^[4].
• barracks is part of military base^[5].
• barracks's Commons category is recorded as Barracks^[6].
• barracks's said to be the same as is recorded as Kaserne^[7].
• barracks's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Barracks^[8].
• barracks's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as military=barracks^[9].
• barracks's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• barracks's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• barracks's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[12].
• barracks's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[13].
• barracks's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• barracks's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox barracks^[15].
• barracks's different from is recorded as fire station^[16].
• barracks's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include government building^[2], military building^[3], and military base^[4].

Use and Application

barracks is part of military base^[5].

Influence

Things named for barracks include Barrackpore^[18], a municipality of West Bengal^[19], in India^[20].

Why It Matters

barracks ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (271 views/month).^[1] barracks has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21] barracks is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[22]

Entities named for barracks include Barrackpore^[18], a municipality of West Bengal^[19], in India^[20].