battalion

military unit size designation
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battalion
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battalion

Summary

battalion is a military unit size class[1]. battalion ranks in the top 4% of military_unit_size_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,544 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • battalion's instance of is recorded as military unit size class[3].
  • battalion is a type of size-specific military unit[4].
  • battalion is a type of subunit[5].
  • battalion is part of military[6].
  • battalion's Commons category is recorded as Battalions[7].
  • battalion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Battalions[8].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[10].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[14].
  • battalion's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • battalion's different from is recorded as Batalion[16].
  • battalion's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[17].

Body

Definition and Type

battalion's instance of is recorded as military unit size class[3]. Recorded subclass of include size-specific military unit[4] and subunit[5].

Use and Application

battalion is part of military[6].

Influence

Things named for battalion include Dattalion[18], a database[19], in Ukraine[20], founded in 2022[21].

Why It Matters

battalion ranks in the top 4% of military_unit_size_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,544 views/month).[2] battalion has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[22] battalion is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[23]

Entities named for battalion include Dattalion[18], a database[19], in Ukraine[20], founded in 2022[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . 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. [22] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [23] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Instance of
    Subclass of size-specific military unit, subunit
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 22073, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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