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city or town

type of human settlement
Class type of: urban settlement, locality Q7930989

Facts

7 properties
Subclass of
urban settlement, locality[1][2]
Described by source
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[3][4][5][6][7]
Has characteristic
long term, urban population[10][11]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Cities[13]
Next lower rank
large village[12]
Topic has template
Template:Infobox city[8]
Used by
by city[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en town or city en city or town ar مدينة أو بلدة cs město/maloměsto cs město či malé město da by da by/mindre by de Stadtsiedlung el πόλη ή κωμόπολη es ciudad o pueblo es ciudad/pueblo fi kaupunki fr ville he יישוב עירוני he עיירה או עיר hu kis- vagy nagyváros hu kisváros vagy nagyváros hu község vagy város hu nagy- vagy kisváros hu nagyváros vagy kisváros
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85026130
EuroVoc ID
4709
Open Library subject ID
cities_and_towns
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID
KDCR3NQLWFEDNL5BZVX2QCDMKQ
Yale LUX ID
place/1c40e7ef-665b-44f7-8c6f-474b41528c95

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  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Vargenau · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → by city
    Open Library subject ID → cities_and_towns
    Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae thesaurus ID → KDCR3NQLWFEDNL5BZVX2QCDMKQ
    Next lower rank → large village
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Topic's main category: Category:Cities"
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