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telephone directory

book that lists phone numbers of people and businesses
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telephone directory

Summary

telephone directory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (998 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • telephone directory is a type of catalogue[2].
  • telephone directory's Commons category is recorded as Phone books[3].
  • telephone directory's different from is recorded as city directory[4].
  • telephone directory's different from is recorded as Directory[5].

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Definition and Type

telephone directory is a type of catalogue[2].

Why It Matters

telephone directory ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (998 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → city directory, Directory
    Aliases → —
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → catalogue
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 19712, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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