foghorn

device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards like rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions
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foghorn

Summary

foghorn is an appliance[1]. foghorn draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (appliance category, ranking #10 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • foghorn's image is recorded as Foghorns.jpg[3].
  • foghorn's instance of is recorded as appliance[4].
  • foghorn's audio is recorded as WWS Foghorn.ogg[5].
  • foghorn's GND ID is recorded as 4708465-0[6].
  • foghorn's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85049623[7].
  • foghorn's subclass of is recorded as navigational aid[8].
  • foghorn's subclass of is recorded as musical instrument[9].
  • foghorn's subclass of is recorded as signalling device[10].
  • foghorn's subclass of is recorded as siren[11].
  • foghorn's has use is recorded as navigational aid[12].
  • foghorn's has use is recorded as maritime safety[13].
  • foghorn's Commons category is recorded as Foghorns[14].
  • foghorn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04fq5q[15].
  • foghorn's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1393264[16].
  • foghorn's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/tyfon[17].
  • foghorn's BBC Things ID is recorded as eae81eb3-2f55-4ac2-a44d-14f7a6f69a0b[18].
  • foghorn's UNSPSC code is recorded as 12131602[19].
  • foghorn's Treccani ID is recorded as nautofono[20].
  • foghorn's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as foghorns[21].
  • foghorn's LC and MARC vocabularies ID is recorded as ethnographicTerms/afset007136[22].
  • foghorn's Treccani Vocabulary ID is recorded as nautofono[23].
  • foghorn's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 25310932[24].
  • foghorn's Online PWN Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 3946212[25].
  • foghorn's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 10142[26].
  • foghorn's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007538565605171[27].

Body

Physical Characteristics

foghorn's UNSPSC code is recorded as 12131602[19].

Designation and Status

foghorn's instance of is recorded as appliance[4].

Why It Matters

foghorn draws 206 Wikipedia views per month (appliance category, ranking #10 of 73).[2] foghorn has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] foghorn is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . Integrated Authority File. 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] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Enciclopedia Treccani. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . American Folklore Society Ethnographic Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Treccani Vocabulary. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . encyklopedia.pwn.pl. encyklopedia.pwn.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). foghorn. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/foghorn
MLA “foghorn.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/foghorn.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_foghorn_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{foghorn}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/foghorn}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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