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lantern

fixed or portable enclosed lighting device
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lantern

Summary

lantern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,166 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • lantern is made of metal[2].
  • lantern is made of glass[3].
  • lantern is made of paper[4].
  • lantern is a type of lighting device[5].
  • lantern is used for lighting[6].
  • lantern's Commons category is recorded as Lanterns[7].
  • lantern's powered by is recorded as electricity[8].
  • lantern's powered by is recorded as kerosene[9].
  • lantern's powered by is recorded as battery[10].
  • lantern's powered by is recorded as oil[11].
  • lantern's main subject is light[12].
  • lantern's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[13].
  • lantern's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[14].
  • lantern's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[15].
  • lantern's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[16].
  • lantern's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17].
  • lantern's used by is recorded as Homo sapiens[18].

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Definition and Type

lantern is a type of lighting device[5].

Use and Application

lantern is used for lighting[6]. lantern's used by is recorded as Homo sapiens[18].

Why It Matters

lantern ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,166 views/month).[1] lantern has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] lantern is known by 18 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 14h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Powered by → electricity, kerosene, battery +1
    Subclass of → lighting device
    Used by → Homo sapiens
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2097, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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