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buoy

Summary

buoy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (954 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • buoy is a type of float[2].
  • buoy is a type of beacon[3].
  • buoy's Commons category is recorded as Buoys[4].
  • buoy's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • buoy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6].
  • buoy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • buoy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8].
  • buoy's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • buoy's replaces is recorded as Q39030889[10].
  • buoy's P14470 is recorded as Objects/Buoy[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include float[2] and beacon[3].

Why It Matters

buoy ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (954 views/month).[1] buoy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] buoy is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Q43470121. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). buoy. Retrieved October 5, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/buoy
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_buoy_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{buoy}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/buoy}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-05}}
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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. 2d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 58
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'e
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||tg, fa */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  2. 6w ago · Putnik · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → pluduras
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: pluduras"
  3. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → float, beacon
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    Replaces → —
    P14470 → Objects/Buoy
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Buoy, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
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