sea piracy

Summary

sea piracy is an activity^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,874 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• sea piracy's instance of is recorded as activity^[3].
• sea piracy is a type of hijacking^[4].
• sea piracy's Commons category is recorded as Piracy^[5].
• sea piracy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Piracy^[6].
• sea piracy's Commons gallery is recorded as Piracy^[7].
• sea piracy's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Piracy^[8].
• sea piracy's facet of is recorded as maritime law^[9].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia^[10].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[11].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[12].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[13].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[14].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[15].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[16].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[17].
• sea piracy's described by source is recorded as Meyer’s Universum, Achtzehnter Band^[18].
• sea piracy's different from is recorded as copyright infringement^[19].
• sea piracy's different from is recorded as aircraft hijacking^[20].
• sea piracy's history of topic is recorded as Q12390422^[21].
• sea piracy's history of topic is recorded as timeline of piracy^[22].
• sea piracy's practiced by is recorded as pirate^[23].
• sea piracy's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[24].

Body

Definition and Type

sea piracy's instance of is recorded as activity^[3]. It is a type of hijacking^[4].

Influence

Things named for sea piracy include Golden Age of Piracy^[25], a golden age^[26] and Pittsburgh Pirates^[27], a baseball team^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1887^[30], headquartered in Pittsburgh^[31].

Why It Matters

sea piracy ranks in the top 1% of activity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,874 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 56 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Golden Age of Piracy^[25], a golden age^[26] and Pittsburgh Pirates^[27], a baseball team^[28], in United States^[29], founded in 1887^[30], headquartered in Pittsburgh^[31].