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welcome sign

road sign at the border of a jurisdiction that introduces or welcomes visitors
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welcome sign

Summary

welcome sign ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • welcome sign is a type of place name sign[2].
  • welcome sign's Commons category is recorded as Welcome signs[3].
  • welcome sign's main subject is welcome[4].
  • welcome sign's facet of is recorded as city access point[5].
  • welcome sign's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as board_type=welcome_sign[6].
  • welcome sign's partially coincident with is recorded as town sign[7].

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Definition and Type

welcome sign is a type of place name sign[2].

Why It Matters

welcome sign ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (38 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_welcome-sign_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{welcome sign}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/welcome-sign}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 12d ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject → welcome
    Facet of → city access point
    P14692 → Q22500
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/48943|batch #48943]]: Add OSM wiki item IDs to items with matching OSM tags"
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