captain

military rank (OF-2)
Intangible military_rank Q19100
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captain

Summary

captain is a military rank[1]. captain draws 1,903 Wikipedia views per month (military_rank category, ranking #68 of 458).[2]

Key Facts

  • captain's instance of is recorded as military rank[3].
  • head is named after captain[4].
  • captain is a type of junior officer[5].
  • captain is a type of military officer[6].
  • captain's Commons category is recorded as Captains[7].
  • captain's said to be the same as is recorded as captain[8].
  • captain's said to be the same as is recorded as captain lieutenant[9].
  • captain's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Captains[10].
  • captain's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11].
  • captain's NATO code for grade is recorded as OF-2[12].
  • captain's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'kpt.'}[13].
  • captain's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'tr', 'text': 'Yzb.'}[14].
  • captain's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Cpt.'}[15].
  • captain's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'ร.อ.'}[16].
  • captain's different from is recorded as captain lieutenant[17].
  • captain's different from is recorded as Capitano[18].
  • captain's different from is recorded as Captain of the guard[19].
  • captain's different from is recorded as president[20].
  • captain's different from is recorded as captain[21].
  • captain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'capitana'}[22].
  • captain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'capitana'}[23].
  • captain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'kaptenska'}[24].
  • captain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'capitaine'}[25].
  • captain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'kapetanka'}[26].
  • captain's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'lt', 'text': 'kapitonė'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

captain's instance of is recorded as military rank[3]. Recorded subclass of include junior officer[5] and military officer[6].

Origins

head is named after captain[4].

Influence

Things named for captain include Kapi[28], an enterprise[29], in Spain[30], founded in 1950[31], headquartered in Barcelona[32].

Why It Matters

captain draws 1,903 Wikipedia views per month (military_rank category, ranking #68 of 458).[2] captain has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] captain is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for captain include Kapi[28], an enterprise[29], in Spain[30], founded in 1950[31], headquartered in Barcelona[32].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . RKDthesaurus. Retrieved . 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.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . 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. [33] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · JhealdBatch · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Rank insignia Naramiennik Kapitan.svg
    Isco-08 occupation class 0110
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33365|batch #33365]]: isco inferences from esco"
  2. 18d ago · Lieutcoluseng · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after
    Topic's main category Category:Captains
    Next lower rank senior lieutenant, lieutenant
    Subclass of
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8766]]: British Army (1920–1953) OF-2.svg"
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