mermaid
legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the fin of a fish
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Summary
mermaid ranks in the top 0.28% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16,460 views/month, #216 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- Sex or gender: female[2]
- Subclass of: waterwoman[3], merfolk[4]
- Commons category: Mermaids[5]
- Said to be the same as: Pharaonka[6], siren[7]
- Opposite of: merman[8]
- Unicode character: 🧜[9], 🧜♀️[10]
- Has part(s): human torso[11], fin[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Mermaids[13]
- Commons gallery: Mermaid[14]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Mermaids[15]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16], Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[18], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19], The Encyclopedia Americana[20], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[21], The Gentleman's Magazine[22]
- Present in work: The Yellow Dwarf[23]
- Different from: Rusalka[24], siren[25], merfolk in a work of fiction[26]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[27]
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Influence
Things named for mermaid include Fereydunkenar[28], a city of Iran[29], in Iran[30].
Why It Matters
mermaid has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] mermaid is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for mermaid include Fereydunkenar[28], a city of Iran[29], in Iran[30].