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solstice

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Summary

solstice ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,815 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: annual event[2], astronomical phenomenon[3], maxima and minima[4]
  • Commons category: Solstices[5]
  • Said to be the same as: Q12763313[6]
  • Opposite of: equinox[7]
  • Day in year for periodic occurrence: June solstice[8], December solstice[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Solstices[10]
  • Commons gallery: Solstice[11]
  • Described by source: Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[12], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[16], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 2[18]
  • Different from: Przesilenie[19], Ayananta[20]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[21]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[22]

Why It Matters

solstice has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] solstice is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q297615
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q297615, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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