holiday

festive day set aside by custom or by law
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holiday

Summary

holiday ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,012 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • holiday is a type of recurring event[2].
  • holiday is a type of point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[3].
  • holiday is a type of Q65328920[4].
  • holiday is used for celebration[5].
  • holiday is used for religious rite[6].
  • holiday's Commons category is recorded as Holidays[7].
  • holiday's has cause is recorded as religion[8].
  • holiday's has cause is recorded as tradition[9].
  • holiday's has cause is recorded as law[10].
  • holiday's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Holidays[11].
  • holiday's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Holidays[12].
  • holiday's facet of is recorded as religious holiday[13].
  • holiday's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • holiday's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • holiday's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16].
  • holiday's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[17].
  • holiday's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • holiday's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
  • holiday's partially coincident with is recorded as non-working day[20].
  • holiday's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox holiday[21].
  • holiday's topic has template is recorded as Template:Name day[22].
  • holiday's has characteristic is recorded as calendar date[23].
  • holiday's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Holiday[24].
  • holiday's different from is recorded as vacation[25].
  • holiday's different from is recorded as Q54894546[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include recurring event[2], point in time with respect to recurrent timeframe[3], and Q65328920[4].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include celebration[5] and religious rite[6].

Influence

Things named for holiday include Scoob! Holiday Haunt[27], an animated film[28], directed by Michael Kurinsky[29] and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star[30], a video game[31].

Why It Matters

holiday ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,012 views/month).[1] holiday has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] holiday is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for holiday include Scoob! Holiday Haunt[27], an animated film[28], directed by Michael Kurinsky[29] and Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star[30], a video game[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [27] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Euronews topic id traditional-celebrations
    Facet of religious holiday
    Topic has template Template:Infobox holiday, Template:Name day
    Has cause religion, tradition, law
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2571, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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