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necropolis

Summary

necropolis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,144 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • necropolis is a type of cemetery[2].
  • necropolis is a type of archaeological site[3].
  • necropolis is a type of former cemetery[4].
  • necropolis's Commons category is recorded as Necropolis[5].
  • necropolis's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Necropoleis[6].
  • necropolis's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as archaeological_site=necropolis[7].
  • necropolis's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[8].
  • necropolis's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[9].
  • necropolis's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[10].
  • necropolis's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'el', 'text': 'νεκρός πόλις'}[11].
  • necropolis's studied by is recorded as necropolis studies[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include cemetery[2], archaeological site[3], and former cemetery[4].

Why It Matters

necropolis ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,144 views/month).[1] necropolis has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] necropolis is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Necropoleis
    Described by source → New Encyclopedic Dictionary, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947), Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 08538806-n
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 39250, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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