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mirage

naturally occurring optical phenomenon
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mirage

Summary

mirage ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,292 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • mirage is a type of atmospheric optical phenomenon[2].
  • mirage's Commons category is recorded as Mirages[3].
  • mirage's said to be the same as is recorded as Q12894473[4].
  • mirage's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mirages[5].
  • mirage's Commons gallery is recorded as Mirage[6].
  • mirage's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • mirage's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • mirage's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • mirage's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[10].
  • mirage's different from is recorded as Q100416816[11].
  • mirage's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[12].

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Definition and Type

mirage is a type of atmospheric optical phenomenon[2].

Why It Matters

mirage ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,292 views/month).[1] mirage has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] mirage is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Q100416816
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → atmospheric optical phenomenon
    Aliases → —
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 20024, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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