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veil

any lightweight covering for the head or face or both
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veil

Summary

veil ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,220 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • veil is a type of headcloth[2].
  • veil is a type of female headgear[3].
  • veil's Commons category is recorded as Veils (clothing)[4].
  • veil's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Veils[5].
  • veil's described by source is recorded as Dictionnaire Infernal[6].
  • veil's described by source is recorded as The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion[7].
  • veil's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
  • veil's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9].
  • veil's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 8[10].
  • veil's described by source is recorded as National Encyclopedia of Uzbekistan[11].
  • veil's used by is recorded as woman[12].
  • veil's different from is recorded as Q12743295[13].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include headcloth[2] and female headgear[3].

Use and Application

veil's used by is recorded as woman[12].

Why It Matters

veil ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,220 views/month).[1] veil has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] veil is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Fashion. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Used by → —
    Subclass of → headcloth, female headgear
    Topic's main category → Category:Veils
    Used by → woman
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 25707, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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