Welsh people

nation and ethnic group native to Wales
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Welsh people
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Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation native to Wales, a country that is part of the United Kingdom. They have a distinct cultural heritage, language (Welsh or Cymraeg), and historical identity. The predominant religion among Welsh people is Christianity.

Welsh people

Summary

Welsh people is a nation[1]. It draws 2,576 Wikipedia views per month (nation category, ranking #6 of 36).[2]

Key Facts

  • Welsh people's religion is recorded as Christianity[3].
  • Welsh people's instance of is recorded as nation[4].
  • Welsh people's instance of is recorded as nationality[5].
  • Welsh people's instance of is recorded as ethnic group[6].
  • Welsh people is a type of British[7].
  • Welsh people is a type of Celtic people[8].
  • Welsh people is a type of Western Europeans[9].
  • Welsh people is a type of European people[10].
  • Welsh people's Commons category is recorded as People of Wales[11].
  • Welsh people's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Welsh people[12].
  • Welsh people's Commons gallery is recorded as Welsh people[13].
  • Welsh people has a population of {'amount': '+6000000'}[14].
  • Welsh people's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Welsh people's indigenous to is recorded as Wales[16].
  • Welsh people's culture is recorded as Welsh culture[17].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include nation[4], nationality[5], and ethnic group[6]. Recorded subclass of include British[7], Celtic people[8], Western Europeans[9], and European people[10].

Influence

Things named for Welsh people include HMS Welshman[18], a minelayer[19].

Why It Matters

Welsh people draws 2,576 Wikipedia views per month (nation category, ranking #6 of 36).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

Entities named for it include HMS Welshman[18], a minelayer[19].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . 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] . wales.gov.uk. wales.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] . 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. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Indigenous to Wales
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