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maraca

percussion instrument played by holding and shaking in hands
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maraca

Summary

maraca is a type of musical instrument[1]. maraca draws 1,124 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #78 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • maraca's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • maraca is a type of percussion instrument[4].
  • maraca is a type of vessel rattle[5].
  • maraca is a type of rhythmic instrument[6].
  • maraca's Commons category is recorded as Maracas[7].
  • maraca's Unicode character is recorded as 🪇[8].
  • maraca's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 112.13[9].
  • maraca's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03720891-n[10].
  • maraca's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/103687266-n[11].

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Definition and Type

maraca's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. Recorded subclass of include percussion instrument[4], vessel rattle[5], and rhythmic instrument[6].

Why It Matters

maraca draws 1,124 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #78 of 399).[2] maraca has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] maraca is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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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.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
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    Instance of → type of musical instrument
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550985005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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