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here be dragons

Summary

here be dragons is a Latin phrase[1]. It draws 559 Wikipedia views per month (latin_phrase category, ranking #47 of 326).[2]

Key Facts

  • here be dragons's image is recorded as A sign, "Here be dragons" - geograph.org.uk - 4044713.jpg[3].
  • here be dragons's image is recorded as The Lenox Globe Map.png[4].
  • here be dragons's instance of is recorded as Latin phrase[5].
  • dragon is named after here be dragons[6].
  • here be dragons's said to be the same as is recorded as Hic Sunt Leones[7].
  • here be dragons's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05v27v[8].

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Designation and Status

here be dragons's instance of is recorded as Latin phrase[5].

History and Context

dragon is named after here be dragons[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for here be dragons include Here There Be Tygers[9], a literary work[10], written by Stephen King[11].

Why It Matters

here be dragons draws 559 Wikipedia views per month (latin_phrase category, ranking #47 of 326).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

Entities named for it include Here There Be Tygers[9], a literary work[10], written by Stephen King[11].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [9] ↑ . 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

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). here be dragons. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/here-be-dragons
MLA “here be dragons.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/here-be-dragons.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_here-be-dragons_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{here be dragons}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/here-be-dragons}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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