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lullaby

soothing song, usually sung to young children before they go to sleep
Intangible music_genre Q193605
lullaby
François Nicholas Riss · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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lullaby

Summary

lullaby is a music genre[1]. lullaby draws 285 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #285 of 1,946).[2]

Key Facts

  • lullaby's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • lullaby's instance of is recorded as song type[4].
  • lullaby is a type of nursery rhyme[5].
  • lullaby is part of small genre of folklore[6].
  • lullaby's Commons category is recorded as Lullabies[7].
  • lullaby's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lullabies[8].
  • lullaby's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • lullaby's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[10].
  • lullaby's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • lullaby's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • lullaby's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wiki Loves Cultura Popular Brasil - Danças, festivais e músicas[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3] and song type[4]. lullaby is a type of nursery rhyme[5].

Use and Application

lullaby is part of small genre of folklore[6].

Why It Matters

lullaby draws 285 Wikipedia views per month (music_genre category, ranking #285 of 1,946).[2] lullaby has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] lullaby is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → small genre of folklore
    Subclass of → nursery rhyme
    Instance of → —
    Part of → —
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 18716, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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