hairpin turn

acute curve (often one of a series) in a road, especially on a steep incline
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hairpin turn
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hairpin turn

Summary

hairpin turn ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hairpin turn's image is recorded as COLUMBIA RIVER GORGE LOOKING WEST FROM THE SUMMIT OF ROWENA HILLS BETWEEN MOSIER AND THE HOOD RIVER. BELOW, ROUTE 80N... - NARA - 548099 (restore).jpg[2].
  • hairpin is named after hairpin turn[3].
  • zig zag is named after hairpin turn[4].
  • Pueraria montana var. lobata is named after hairpin turn[5].
  • hairpin turn's subclass of is recorded as horseshoe curve[6].
  • hairpin turn's subclass of is recorded as road curve[7].
  • hairpin turn's Commons category is recorded as Serpentine roads[8].
  • hairpin turn's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02lz60[9].
  • hairpin turn's Treccani ID is recorded as tornante[10].
  • hairpin turn's De Agostini ID is recorded as tornante[11].
  • hairpin turn's WikiKids ID is recorded as Haarspeldbocht[12].

Why It Matters

hairpin turn ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (149 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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