widow
woman whose spouse has died
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Summary
widow ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,048 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- widow is a type of woman[2].
- widow is a type of widowed person[3].
- widow's Commons category is recorded as Widows[4].
- widow's patron saint is recorded as Saint Rita of Cascia[5].
- widow's patron saint is recorded as Pharaildis[6].
- widow's patron saint is recorded as Saint Ludmila of Bohemia[7].
- widow's patron saint is recorded as Elizabeth Ann Seton[8].
- widow is the opposite of widower[9].
- widow is the opposite of wife[10].
- widow's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[11].
- widow's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[12].
- widow's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
- widow's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
- widow's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
- widow's has characteristic is recorded as widowhood[16].
- widow's different from is recorded as Widow[17].
Body
Definition and Type
Recorded subclass of include woman[2] and widowed person[3]. Recorded opposite of include widower[9] and wife[10].
Influence
Things named for widow include Lot's Wife[18], a volcanic island[19], in Japan[20].
Why It Matters
widow ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,048 views/month).[1] widow has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] widow is known by 31 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]
Entities named for widow include Lot's Wife[18], a volcanic island[19], in Japan[20].