spear

weapon or tool consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head that is used for thrusting or throwing
Product weapon_type Q44475
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spear

Summary

spear is a weapon type[1]. spear draws 2,008 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #74 of 694).[2]

Key Facts

  • spear's instance of is recorded as weapon type[3].
  • spear is a type of pole weapon[4].
  • spear is a type of sports equipment[5].
  • spear is used for spearfishing[6].
  • spear is used for melee weapon[7].
  • spear is used for throwing weapon[8].
  • spear's Commons category is recorded as Spears[9].
  • spear comprises spearhead[10].
  • spear comprises stick[11].
  • spear's time of discovery or invention is recorded as -400000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • spear's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Spears[13].
  • spear's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[14].
  • spear's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[15].
  • spear's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[16].
  • spear's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
  • spear's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[18].
  • spear's used by is recorded as hussar lancer[19].
  • spear's different from is recorded as lance[20].
  • spear's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for spear include cuspidine[22], a mineral species[23] and Épieu[24], a destroyer[25].

Why It Matters

spear draws 2,008 Wikipedia views per month (weapon_type category, ranking #74 of 694).[2] spear has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] spear is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for spear include cuspidine[22], a mineral species[23] and Épieu[24], a destroyer[25].

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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] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Described by source Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan, Pauly–Wissowa +2
    Has part(s) spearhead, stick
    Aliases
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ko, qu, sk */ Add 3 multilingual descriptions extracted from Wikipedia article first sentences (universal multilingual maintenance — Q-walker v2.1)."
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