hot cross bun

spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top, traditionally eaten on Good Friday
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hot cross bun

Summary

hot cross bun ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • hot cross bun's image is recorded as Homemade Hot Cross Buns.jpg[2].
  • hot cross bun's image is recorded as Hot cross buns - fig and pecan.jpg[3].
  • hot cross bun's image is recorded as Ban'ses Crouaîsies - Hot Cross Buns 2.jpg[4].
  • hot cross bun's image is recorded as Scottish hot cross buns in basket.jpg[5].
  • hot cross bun's image is recorded as -2022-02-18 Homebaked Hot cross buns, Trimingham, Norfolk (1).JPG[6].
  • hot cross bun's made from material is recorded as Zante currant[7].
  • hot cross bun's subclass of is recorded as spiced bun[8].
  • hot cross bun's subclass of is recorded as Easter bread[9].
  • hot cross bun's Commons category is recorded as Hot cross buns[10].
  • hot cross bun's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[11].
  • hot cross bun's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01x0cm[12].
  • hot cross bun's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'hot cross bun'}[13].
  • hot cross bun's cuisine is recorded as British cuisine[14].
  • hot cross bun's TasteAtlas ID is recorded as hot-cross-buns[15].
  • hot cross bun's McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia ID is recorded as H/hot-cross-buns[16].
  • hot cross bun's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 07706982-n[17].

Why It Matters

hot cross bun ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (371 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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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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