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short narrow pass or gorge between mountains or hills
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defile

Summary

defile ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • defile is a type of canyon[2].
  • defile's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as natural=gorge[3].
  • defile's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[4].
  • defile's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[5].
  • defile's different from is recorded as canyon[6].
  • defile's different from is recorded as Gorge[7].

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Definition and Type

defile is a type of canyon[2].

Why It Matters

defile ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (290 views/month).[1] defile has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] defile is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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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] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → canyon, Gorge
    Subclass of → canyon
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 16176, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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