poorhouse

Summary

poorhouse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (611 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• poorhouse is a type of residential building^[2].
• poorhouse is a type of hospital^[3].
• poorhouse's Commons category is recorded as Poorhouses^[4].
• poorhouse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Poorhouses^[5].
• poorhouse's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia^[6].
• poorhouse's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[7].
• poorhouse's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge^[8].
• poorhouse's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language^[9].
• poorhouse's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[10].
• poorhouse's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[11].
• poorhouse's different from is recorded as workhouse^[12].
• poorhouse's different from is recorded as poor farm^[13].
• poorhouse's different from is recorded as orphanage^[14].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include residential building^[2] and hospital^[3].

Why It Matters

poorhouse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (611 views/month).^[1] poorhouse has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] poorhouse is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]