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candy

confection made with sugar
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candy

Summary

candy ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,130 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • candy is made of sugar[2].
  • candy is made of sweetener[3].
  • candy is a type of confection[4].
  • candy's Commons category is recorded as Candy[5].
  • candy's said to be the same as is recorded as ame[6].
  • candy's said to be the same as is recorded as sugar candy[7].
  • candy's Unicode character is recorded as 🍬[8].
  • candy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Candy[9].
  • candy's Commons gallery is recorded as Candy[10].
  • candy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • candy's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C180340[12].
  • candy's cuisine is recorded as Ukrainian cuisine[13].
  • candy's hashtag is recorded as candy[14].
  • candy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

Body

Definition and Type

candy is a type of confection[4].

Influence

Things named for candy include Bombono[16], a free software[17], founded in 2007[18].

Why It Matters

candy ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,130 views/month).[1] candy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] candy is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Entities named for candy include Bombono[16], a free software[17], founded in 2007[18].

Related Entities

Haribo Roshen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. β†’ on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago Β· Twofivesixbot bot Β· 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata β†—
    Cuisine β†’ Ukrainian cuisine
    Aliases β†’ β€”
    Subclass of β†’ confection
    Made from material β†’ sugar, sweetener
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 6769, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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