greeting

act of communication to acknowledge another person
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greeting

Summary

greeting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (255 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • greeting is a type of ritual[2].
  • greeting's Commons category is recorded as Greetings[3].
  • greeting's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Greetings[4].
  • greeting's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[5].
  • greeting's different from is recorded as blessing[6].
  • greeting's different from is recorded as bracha[7].
  • greeting's practiced by is recorded as greeter[8].

Body

Definition and Type

greeting is a type of ritual[2].

Influence

Things named for greeting include SpaceHey[9], an enterprise[10], in Germany[11], founded in 2020[12], headquartered in Pfullingen[13] and Hiiibrand[14], a website[15], in People's Republic of China[16], founded in 2010[17].

Why It Matters

greeting ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (255 views/month).[1] greeting has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] greeting is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Entities named for greeting include SpaceHey[9], an enterprise[10], in Germany[11], founded in 2020[12], headquartered in Pfullingen[13] and Hiiibrand[14], a website[15], in People's Republic of China[16], founded in 2010[17].

References

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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] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [14] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [10] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [11] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [12] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [13] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [15] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [16] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [17] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Greetings
    Practiced by greeter
    Subclass of
    Different from blessing, bracha
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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