mermaid
legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the fin of a fish
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mermaid
Summary
mermaid ranks in the top 0.28% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,319 views/month, #216 of 77,819).[1]
Key Facts
- mermaid is recorded as female[2].
- mermaid is a type of waterwoman[3].
- mermaid is a type of merfolk[4].
- mermaid's Commons category is recorded as Mermaids[5].
- mermaid's said to be the same as is recorded as Pharaonka[6].
- mermaid's said to be the same as is recorded as siren[7].
- mermaid is the opposite of merman[8].
- mermaid's Unicode character is recorded as 🧜[9].
- mermaid comprises human torso[10].
- mermaid comprises fin[11].
- mermaid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mermaids[12].
- mermaid's Commons gallery is recorded as Mermaid[13].
- mermaid's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Mermaids[14].
- mermaid's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
- mermaid's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[16].
- mermaid's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
- mermaid's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
- mermaid's described by source is recorded as The Encyclopedia Americana[19].
- mermaid's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[20].
- mermaid's different from is recorded as Rusalka[21].
- mermaid's different from is recorded as siren[22].
- mermaid's different from is recorded as merfolk in a work of fiction[23].
- mermaid's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[24].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include waterwoman[3] and merfolk[4]. mermaid is the opposite of merman[8].
Use and Application
Components include human torso[10] and fin[11].
Influence
Things named for mermaid include Fereydunkenar[25], a city of Iran[26], in Iran[27].
Why It Matters
mermaid ranks in the top 0.28% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,319 views/month, #216 of 77,819).[1] mermaid has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] mermaid is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Entities named for mermaid include Fereydunkenar[25], a city of Iran[26], in Iran[27].