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milestone

numbered marker mostly along a road or sometimes also at a boundary
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milestone

Summary

milestone has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1]

Key Facts

  • milestone is a type of distance marker[2].
  • milestone is a type of roadside stone[3].
  • milestone's Commons category is recorded as Milestones[4].
  • milestone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Milestones[5].
  • milestone's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=milestone[6].
  • milestone's described by source is recorded as Q105336459[7].
  • milestone's described by source is recorded as Dresdner Hefte[8].
  • milestone's different from is recorded as milestone[9].
  • milestone's different from is recorded as waystone[10].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include distance marker[2] and roadside stone[3].

Influence

Things named for milestone include milestone[11].

Why It Matters

milestone has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] milestone is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Entities named for milestone include milestone[11].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . app.raa.se. app.raa.se. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). milestone. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/milestone
MLA “milestone.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/milestone.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_milestone_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{milestone}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/milestone}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 5w ago · A121008 · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Great norwegian encyclopedia id → milepæl
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P4342]]: milepæl"
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