letter
written message from one to another
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Summary
letter is a literary genre[1]. letter draws 2,888 Wikipedia views per month (literary genre category, ranking #66 of 487).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: literary form[3]
- Subclass of: document[4], personal testimonial[5], written work[6], mail item[7]
- Has use: communication[8]
- Commons category: Letters (written messages)[9]
- Industry: mail[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Letters (message)[11]
- Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12], Pauly–Wissowa[13], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[14], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16]
- Has characteristic: message[17]
- Different from: letter[18]
- Properties for this type: P1817[19], P407[20], P50[21], P291[22], P571[23], P921[24], P136[25]
- Exact match: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_0857[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: concrete/abstract disjunction anomalies[27]
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Influence
Things named for letter include The Letter[28], a film[29], directed by Jean de Limur[30].
Why It Matters
letter has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] letter is known by 77 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for letter include The Letter[28], a film[29], directed by Jean de Limur[30].