Wa

ancient Japanese tribe and oldest recorded name of Japan
Intangible historical_ethnic_group Q1378053
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Wa

Summary

Wa is a historical ethnic group[1]. Wa draws 422 Wikipedia views per month (historical_ethnic_group category, ranking #57 of 383).[2]

Key Facts

  • Wa is in the country of Wakoku[3].
  • Wa's instance of is recorded as historical ethnic group[4].
  • Wa's instance of is recorded as names of Japan[5].
  • Wa's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/050cky[6].
  • Wa's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Japanese archipelago[7].
  • Wa's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Wa-people[8].
  • Wa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '倭'}[9].
  • Wa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'lzh', 'text': '倭'}[10].
  • Wa's different from is recorded as Wa people[11].
  • Wa's different from is recorded as Yamato people[12].
  • Wa's has list is recorded as Wajin-related Chinese materials[13].
  • Wa's has list is recorded as Wajin-related Korean materials[14].
  • Wa's name as an image is recorded as Wo seal clerical.PNG[15].
  • Wa's Pixiv Encyclopedia ID is recorded as 倭[16].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for Wa include wokou[17], a pirate[18]; waka[19], a poetry genre[20]; Wakoku[21], a state[22], in Japan[23], founded in -0600[24]; and wodao[25], a weapon family[26].

Why It Matters

Wa draws 422 Wikipedia views per month (historical_ethnic_group category, ranking #57 of 383).[2] Wa has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Wa is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

Entities named for Wa include wokou[17], a pirate[18]; waka[19], a poetry genre[20]; Wakoku[21], a state[22], in Japan[23], founded in -0600[24]; and wodao[25], a weapon family[26].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [21] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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