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ground-effect vehicle

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ground-effect vehicle

Summary

ground-effect vehicle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • ground-effect vehicle is a type of fixed-wing aircraft[2].
  • ground-effect vehicle's Commons category is recorded as Ekranoplans[3].
  • ground-effect vehicle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Ground-effect vehicles[4].

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Definition and Type

ground-effect vehicle is a type of fixed-wing aircraft[2].

Why It Matters

ground-effect vehicle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,168 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ground-effect vehicle. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ground-effect-vehicle
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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Subclass of → fixed-wing aircraft
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|15 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 38897, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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