ferry

type of ship travelling over short to medium distances between two places transporting people, cars or trains and acting like a replacement for a bridge
Vehicle ship_type Q25653
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ferry

Summary

ferry is a ship type[1]. ferry has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • ferry's instance of is recorded as ship type[3].
  • ferry is a type of ship[4].
  • ferry is a type of merchant vessel[5].
  • ferry is a type of watercraft[6].
  • ferry's Commons category is recorded as Ferries[7].
  • ferry's Unicode character is recorded as ⛴[8].
  • ferry's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ferries[9].
  • ferry's Commons gallery is recorded as Ferry[10].
  • ferry's described at URL is recorded as https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/02/ferries-emissions-sulphur-pollution-cars-eu-capitals[11].
  • ferry's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1969–1978)[12].
  • ferry's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • ferry's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • ferry's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[15].
  • ferry's different from is recorded as Fähre[16].
  • ferry's different from is recorded as ferry route[17].
  • ferry's different from is recorded as Ligne du ferry boat[18].
  • ferry's different from is recorded as ferry shipping[19].
  • ferry's uses is recorded as ferry port[20].
  • ferry's uses is recorded as ferry route[21].
  • ferry's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22].
  • ferry's category for the view from the item is recorded as Category:Views from ferries[23].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for ferry include De Punt[24], a village[25], in Netherlands[26].

Why It Matters

ferry has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] ferry is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for ferry include De Punt[24], a village[25], in Netherlands[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . Watercraft types. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag ferries
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: ferries, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289925298|ferries (#289925298)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 6d ago · Putnik · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id keltas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7666]]: keltas"
  3. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0377564-privozy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0377564-privozy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
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