fountain
piece of architecture that ejects water
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Summary
fountain is a type of architectural structure[1]. fountain draws 1,814 Wikipedia views per month (type of architectural structure category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: architectural structure[3], sculpture[4], water feature[5], garden structure[6]
- Part of: Çakaloğlu Han[7]
- Has use: pleasure[8], refrigeration[9], drinking[10]
- Commons category: Fountains[11]
- Said to be the same as: kašna[12]
- Unicode character: ⛲[13]
- Has part(s): fountain (water)[14], artificial pond[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Fountains[16]
- Commons gallery: Fountain[17]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Fountains[18]
- OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=fountain[19]
- Depicted by: Textile with Architectural Fountain Guarded by Lions[20], Lavandaia alla fontana[21]
- Described by source: Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[25], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[27], TDV Islamic Encyclopedia[28]
- Partially coincident with: water jet[29]
- Different from: water well[30], fountain (water)[31]
- Uses: fountain (water)[32]
- Has part(s) of the class: wash basin[33]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03388043-n[34], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103366263-n[35]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Fountains[36]
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Influence
Things named for fountain include The Fountain[37], a film[38], directed by Darren Aronofsky[39] and Bloemfontein[40], a city[41], in South Africa[42], founded in 1846[43].
Why It Matters
fountain has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] fountain is known by 68 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for fountain include The Fountain[37], a film[38], directed by Darren Aronofsky[39] and Bloemfontein[40], a city[41], in South Africa[42], founded in 1846[43].