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Borstal

type of youth detention center used in the 20th-century UK
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Borstal

Summary

Borstal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Borstal is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • Borstal's image is recorded as HM Prison Portland in 2010.jpg[3].
  • HM Prison Rochester is named after Borstal[4].
  • Borstal's subclass of is recorded as youth detention center[5].
  • +1902-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Borstal[6].
  • +1820-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Borstal[7].
  • Borstal was dissolved in +1982-00-00T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Borstal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/024r92[9].
  • Borstal's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • Borstal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Borstal-system[11].
  • Borstal's FactGrid item ID is recorded as Gobabeb[12].
  • Borstal's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 02879190-n[13].

Why It Matters

Borstal ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (272 views/month).[1] Borstal has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] Borstal is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . FactGrid. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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