dwelling

self-contained unit of accommodation (house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat or other structure) used as a home
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dwelling

Summary

dwelling is a classification of human settlements[1]. dwelling draws 3,350 Wikipedia views per month (classification_of_human_settlements category, ranking #1,722 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • dwelling's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements[3].
  • dwelling is a type of architectural structure[4].
  • dwelling is a type of accommodation[5].
  • dwelling is a type of housing[6].
  • dwelling is used for shelter[7].
  • dwelling is used for home[8].
  • dwelling's Commons category is recorded as Dwellings[9].
  • dwelling is the opposite of no fixed abode[10].
  • dwelling comprises lodging[11].
  • dwelling comprises home[12].
  • dwelling comprises house[13].
  • dwelling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Residences[14].
  • dwelling's facet of is recorded as ekistics[15].
  • dwelling's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • dwelling's described by source is recorded as Pax Leksikon[17].
  • dwelling's used by is recorded as household[18].
  • dwelling's has characteristic is recorded as permanence[19].
  • dwelling's main Wikidata property is recorded as P551[20].
  • dwelling's equivalent class is recorded as https://schema.org/Residence[21].
  • dwelling's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C25273[22].
  • dwelling's different from is recorded as workplace[23].
  • dwelling's different from is recorded as recreation area[24].
  • dwelling's different from is recorded as living room[25].
  • dwelling's different from is recorded as accommodation[26].
  • dwelling's different from is recorded as dwelling place[27].

Body

Definition and Type

dwelling's instance of is recorded as classification of human settlements[3]. Recorded subclass of include architectural structure[4], accommodation[5], and housing[6]. dwelling is the opposite of no fixed abode[10].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include shelter[7] and home[8]. Components include lodging[11]; home[12]; and house[13], a type of building[28]. dwelling's used by is recorded as household[18].

Why It Matters

dwelling draws 3,350 Wikipedia views per month (classification_of_human_settlements category, ranking #1,722 of 13).[2] dwelling has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] dwelling is known by 108 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Ekistics, the Science of Human Settlements. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . 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. 6d ago · Samoasambia · 2026-09-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Nci thesaurus id → C25273
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bg', 'ckb', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', '
    Commons category → Dwellings
    Umls cui → C0237096
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Dwellings"
  2. 8d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gsso id → 012773
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P9827]]: 012773"
  3. 11w ago · Bencemac · 2026-07-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → classification of human settlements
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ [[Property:P459]]: [[Q1266546]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/260985|batch #260985]]"
  4. 15w ago · Huntster · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Facet of → ekistics
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1269]]: [[Q3076155]], Copying from [[Q123705]]"
  5. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dwellings
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: dwellings, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289932635|dwellings (#289932635)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  6. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Has parts → —
    Has characteristic → permanence
    Subclass of → architectural structure, accommodation, housing
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 256, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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