urn

Summary

urn ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,460 views/month).^[1]

Key Facts

• urn is the creator of Andries Copier^[2].
• urn is a type of container^[3].
• urn's Commons category is recorded as Urns^[4].
• urn's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Urns^[5].
• urn's described by source is recorded as Metropolitan Museum of Art Tagging Vocabulary^[6].
• urn's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[7].
• urn's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia^[8].
• urn's used by is recorded as jar burial^[9].
• urn's different from is recorded as Heat^[10].
• urn's different from is recorded as clay pot^[11].
• urn's different from is recorded as urna^[12].

Body

Definition and Type

urn is a type of container^[3].

Use and Application

urn's used by is recorded as jar burial^[9].

Influence

Things named for urn include urn problem^[13], a thought experiment^[14].

Why It Matters

urn ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,460 views/month).^[1] urn has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] urn is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]

Entities named for urn include urn problem^[13], a thought experiment^[14].