labyrinth

usually a system of narrow corridors designed to confuse those who enter and make finding a correct path difficult
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Summary

labyrinth ranks in the top 0.96% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,189 views/month, #748 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: nonbuilding structure[2], garden feature[3]
  • Commons category: Mazes[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Labyrinths[5]
  • Commons gallery: Labyrinth[6]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[11], Otto's encyclopedia[12]
  • Different from: maze[13], hedge maze[14], labyrinth[15], maze video game[16], Labyrinth of Knossos[17]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[18]

Why It Matters

labyrinth has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] labyrinth is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0265550-labyrinty
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0265550-labyrinty, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → maze, hedge maze, labyrinth +3
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Labyrinths
    Aliases → —
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 14174, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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