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cup

vessel for liquids
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Summary

cup ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,771 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: drinking vessel[2], container[3], vessel[4]
  • Has use: drinking[5]
  • Commons category: Cups[6]
  • Said to be the same as: cup with stem[7], teacup[8]
  • Facet of: tableware[9]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[11], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[12]
  • Different from: Cup[13]
  • Contains: liquid[14]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Food and drink[15], WikiProject Packaging[16], WikiProject Technology[17]

Why It Matters

cup has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] cup is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . 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. 11w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Cup
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14470: Objects/Cup, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  2. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q295221
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q295221, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  3. 11w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 4805
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 4805, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167477358|CUP (#167477358)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]] #mix'"
  4. 13w ago · Abraham · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Cup
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Different from: tazza"
  5. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Contains → liquid
    Subclass of → —
    Has use → drinking
    Different from → Cup
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007562725405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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