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car wash

facility used to clean the exterior of motor vehicles
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Summary

car wash ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,948 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • car wash is a type of facility[2].
  • car wash is a type of commercial building[3].
  • car wash is used for car washing[4].
  • car wash's Commons category is recorded as Car washes[5].
  • car wash's industry is recorded as car wash industry[6].
  • car wash's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as amenity=car_wash[7].
  • car wash's different from is recorded as Car Wash[8].
  • car wash's P14692 is recorded as 1444[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include facility[2] and commercial building[3].

Use and Application

car wash is used for car washing[4].

Why It Matters

car wash ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,948 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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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. 23d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → car-washes
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: car-washes, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289922368|car washes (#289922368)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #m"
  2. 6w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 9459031294
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 9459031294, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/9459031294"
  3. 8w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → 1444
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Industry → —
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → facility, commercial building
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007283340505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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