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vacation

leave of absence from a regular occupation, or a specific trip or journey, usually for the purpose of recreation or tourism
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vacation

Summary

vacation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • vacation is a type of leave of absence[2].
  • vacation is used for travel[3].
  • vacation is used for leisure[4].
  • vacation's Commons category is recorded as Holidays[5].
  • vacation's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Vacation[6].
  • vacation's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • vacation's different from is recorded as furlough[8].
  • vacation's different from is recorded as leave of absence[9].
  • vacation's different from is recorded as sabbatical[10].
  • vacation's uses is recorded as annual leave[11].

Body

Definition and Type

vacation is a type of leave of absence[2].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include travel[3] and leisure[4].

Why It Matters

vacation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (996 views/month).[1] vacation has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] vacation is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6w ago · Sbb1413 · 2026-08-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Commons category → Holidays
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P373]]: Vacation"
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