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Summary

cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,218 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • cross is a type of geometric shape[2].
  • cross's Commons category is recorded as Crosses[3].
  • cross's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Crosses[4].
  • cross's Commons gallery is recorded as Cross[5].
  • cross's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[6].
  • cross's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[7].
  • cross's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia[8].
  • cross's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[9].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Cross[10].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Cruz[11].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Croix[12].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Kreuz[13].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Σταυρός[14].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Rist[15].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Risti[16].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Croce[17].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Kruis[18].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Krzyż[19].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Križ[20].
  • cross's different from is recorded as Kors[21].

Body

Definition and Type

cross is a type of geometric shape[2].

Influence

Things named for cross include Crux[22], a constellation[23], founded in 1590[24]; Stavropol[25], an administrative divisions of Russia[26], in Russia[27], founded in 1777[28]; staurolite[29], a mineral species[30]; Holy Cross Priory[31], a church building[32], in Sweden[33]; and Wadi Salib[34], a neighborhood[35], in Israel[36].

Why It Matters

cross ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,218 views/month).[1] cross has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] cross is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for cross include Crux[22], a constellation[23], founded in 1590[24]; Stavropol[25], an administrative divisions of Russia[26], in Russia[27], founded in 1777[28]; staurolite[29], a mineral species[30]; Holy Cross Priory[31], a church building[32], in Sweden[33]; and Wadi Salib[34], a neighborhood[35], in Israel[36].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . 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.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [34] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id C4840
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C4840, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  2. 5w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb
    Subclass of geometric shape
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) 2109649
    Described by source Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary, The Encyclopedia Americana, New International Encyclopedia +1
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q295923, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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