May

fifth month in the Julian and Gregorian calendars
Thing calendar_month Q119
May
Gerard Horenbout, Alexander & Simon Bening · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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May

Summary

May is a calendar month[1]. May ranks in the top 0.76% of calendar_month entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,603 views/month, #1 of 132).[2]

Key Facts

  • May's image is recorded as Breviarium Grimani - Mai.jpg[3].
  • May's instance of is recorded as calendar month[4].
  • Maius is named after May[5].
  • flower is named after May[6].
  • May's follows is recorded as April[7].
  • May's followed by is recorded as June[8].
  • May's GND ID is recorded as 4168620-2[9].
  • May's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85082391[10].
  • May's subclass of is recorded as month of the Gregorian calendar[11].
  • May's part of is recorded as Julian calendar[12].
  • May's part of is recorded as Gregorian calendar[13].
  • May's part of is recorded as Swedish calendar[14].
  • May's Commons category is recorded as May[15].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 1[16].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 2[17].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 3[18].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 4[19].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 5[20].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 6[21].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 7[22].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 8[23].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 9[24].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 10[25].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 11[26].
  • May's has part is recorded as May 12[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for May include Oj, svijetla majska zoro[28], a national anthem[29], in Montenegro[30]; Japanese destroyer Satsuki[31], a destroyer[32]; and Mei[33], a publication[34], in Netherlands[35], written by Herman Gorter[36].

Why It Matters

May ranks in the top 0.76% of calendar_month entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,603 views/month, #1 of 132).[2] May has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] May is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for May include Oj, svijetla majska zoro[28], a national anthem[29], in Montenegro[30]; Japanese destroyer Satsuki[31], a destroyer[32]; and Mei[33], a publication[34], in Netherlands[35], written by Herman Gorter[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

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] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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