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morgue

place for the storage of human corpses awaiting identification or burial
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morgue

Summary

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

Key Facts

  • morgue is a type of hospital building[2].
  • morgue is a type of hospital department[3].
  • morgue is a type of storage[4].
  • morgue is a type of chapel[5].
  • morgue's Commons category is recorded as Morgues[6].
  • morgue's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Morgues[7].
  • morgue's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as amenity=mortuary[8].
  • morgue's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • morgue's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • morgue's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[11].
  • morgue's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
  • morgue's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[13].
  • morgue's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
  • morgue's different from is recorded as funeral parlour[15].
  • morgue's uses is recorded as autopsy[16].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hospital building[2], hospital department[3], storage[4], and chapel[5].

Why It Matters

morgue has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[1] morgue is known by 32 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 26d ago · Bekipediya · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → funeral parlour
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary, The Nuttall Encyclopædia +3
    Subclass of → hospital building, hospital department, storage +1
    Uses → autopsy
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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