thoroughfare embankment

long ridges of earth, rocks, or gravel primarily constructed to carry a roadway, railway or canal; if built to retain water, use "levees" or "dikes."
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thoroughfare embankment
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thoroughfare embankment

Summary

thoroughfare embankment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • thoroughfare embankment's image is recorded as Embankment 1 (PSF).png[2].
  • thoroughfare embankment's subclass of is recorded as fixed construction[3].
  • thoroughfare embankment's subclass of is recorded as dam from granular material[4].
  • thoroughfare embankment's Commons category is recorded as Embankments (transport infrastructure)[5].
  • thoroughfare embankment's said to be the same as is recorded as causeway[6].
  • thoroughfare embankment's said to be the same as is recorded as dam from granular material[7].
  • thoroughfare embankment's has part is recorded as Q2920553[8].
  • thoroughfare embankment's has part is recorded as Q2501052[9].
  • thoroughfare embankment's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02ppt1j[10].
  • thoroughfare embankment's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Embankments[11].
  • thoroughfare embankment's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300008023[12].
  • thoroughfare embankment's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10636674[13].
  • thoroughfare embankment's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as embankment=yes[14].
  • thoroughfare embankment's different from is recorded as Nasyp[15].
  • thoroughfare embankment's different from is recorded as Embankment[16].
  • thoroughfare embankment's different from is recorded as Terre-plein[17].
  • thoroughfare embankment's BabelNet ID is recorded as 00030464n[18].
  • thoroughfare embankment's model item is recorded as railway embankment[19].
  • thoroughfare embankment's KBpedia ID is recorded as Embankment[20].
  • thoroughfare embankment's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03286971-n[21].
  • thoroughfare embankment's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 03267420-n[22].
  • thoroughfare embankment's UK Archival Thesaurus ID is recorded as f4/mt450/22427/18384[23].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for thoroughfare embankment include Pylimo Street[24], a street[25], in Lithuania[26].

Why It Matters

thoroughfare embankment ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (121 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for it include Pylimo Street[24], a street[25], in Lithuania[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [14] . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Retrieved . wiki.openstreetmap.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

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

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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