basketball
team sport played on a court with baskets on either end
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basketball
Summary
basketball is a type of sport[1]. basketball ranks in the top 0.92% of type_of_sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,724 views/month, #4 of 435).[2]
Key Facts
- basketball is credited with the discovery of James Naismith[3].
- basketball's instance of is recorded as type of sport[4].
- basketball's instance of is recorded as Olympic sport[5].
- basketball's instance of is recorded as hobby[6].
- basketball is a type of ball game[7].
- basketball is a type of team sport[8].
- basketball is a type of throwing game[9].
- basketball is a type of game of skill[10].
- basketball's Commons category is recorded as Basketball[11].
- basketball's Unicode character is recorded as 🏀[12].
- basketball's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
- December 1891 marks the founding of basketball[14].
- basketball's time of discovery or invention is recorded as December 1891[15].
- basketball's authority is recorded as International Basketball Federation[16].
- basketball's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Basketball[17].
- basketball's Commons gallery is recorded as Basketball[18].
- basketball's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Basketball[19].
- basketball's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as sport=basketball[20].
- basketball's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21].
- basketball's topic has template is recorded as Template:Basketball[22].
- basketball's nickname is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'bàsquet'}[23].
- basketball's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'basket'}[24].
- basketball's maximum number of players is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[25].
- basketball's different from is recorded as netball[26].
- basketball's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+56'}[27].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include type of sport[4], Olympic sport[5], and hobby[6]. Recorded subclass of include ball game[7], team sport[8], throwing game[9], and game of skill[10].
Origins
December 1891 marks the founding of basketball[14].
Why It Matters
basketball ranks in the top 0.92% of type_of_sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29,724 views/month, #4 of 435).[2] basketball has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] basketball is known by 28 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]