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National Basketball League

U.S. professional basketball league 1937 to 1949, co-creator of the National Basketball Association by merger
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National Basketball League

Summary

National Basketball League is a sports league[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of sports_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (664 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • National Basketball League is in the country of United States[3].
  • National Basketball League's instance of is recorded as sports league[4].
  • +1937-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Basketball League[5].
  • National Basketball League was dissolved in +1949-08-03T00:00:00Z[6].
  • National Basketball League's sport is recorded as basketball[7].
  • National Basketball League's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01jzfm[8].
  • National Basketball League's topic's main category is recorded as Category:National Basketball League (United States)[9].
  • National Basketball League's number of participants is recorded as {'amount': '+38'}[10].
  • National Basketball League's merged into is recorded as Basketball Association of America[11].
  • National Basketball League's Namuwiki ID is recorded as 전미 농구 리그[12].

Body

Founding

+1937-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of National Basketball League[5].

Dissolution

National Basketball League was dissolved in +1949-08-03T00:00:00Z[6].

Why It Matters

National Basketball League ranks in the top 4% of sports_league entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (664 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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