taxi

type of vehicle for hire with a driver
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taxi

Summary

taxi ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,355 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • taximeter is named after taxi[2].
  • taxi is a type of commercial vehicle[3].
  • taxi is a type of vehicle[4].
  • taxi is a type of land transport[5].
  • taxi is used for taxi service[6].
  • taxi's Commons category is recorded as Taxi vehicles[7].
  • taxi's Unicode character is recorded as 🚕[8].
  • taxi's Unicode character is recorded as 🚖[9].
  • taxi comprises taximeter[10].
  • taxi comprises taxi driver[11].
  • taxi comprises transport[12].
  • taxi's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Taxis[13].
  • taxi's Commons gallery is recorded as Taxi[14].
  • taxi's facet of is recorded as urban and regional transportation[15].
  • taxi's facet of is recorded as non-scheduled transport[16].
  • taxi's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary[17].
  • taxi's used by is recorded as taxi driver[18].
  • taxi's different from is recorded as Taxi[19].
  • taxi's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000612[20].
  • taxi's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[21].
  • taxi's model item is recorded as autorickshaw[22].
  • taxi's model item is recorded as share taxi[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include commercial vehicle[3], vehicle[4], and land transport[5].

Origins

taximeter is named after taxi[2].

Use and Application

taxi is used for taxi service[6]. Components include taximeter[10], a software feature[24]; taxi driver[11], a profession[25]; and transport[12]. taxi's used by is recorded as taxi driver[18].

Influence

Things named for taxi include Big Yellow Taxi[26], a musical work/composition[27]; taxicab geometry[28], a metric function[29]; taxicab number[30], a type of integer[31]; and Bixi[32], a bicycle-sharing system[33], in Canada[34], founded in 2009[35], headquartered in Montreal[36].

Why It Matters

taxi ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,355 views/month).[1] taxi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] taxi is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

Entities named for taxi include Big Yellow Taxi[26], a musical work/composition[27]; taxicab geometry[28], a metric function[29]; taxicab number[30], a type of integer[31]; and Bixi[32], a bicycle-sharing system[33], in Canada[34], founded in 2009[35], headquartered in Montreal[36].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . legaldocs.co.in. legaldocs.co.in. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Emojipedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [32] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by
    Facet of urban and regional transportation, non-scheduled transport
    Has parts
    On focus list of wikimedia project Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 1991, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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