year

the orbital period of the Earth: the estimated period of time for the Earth's orbit around the Sun and observed at a fixed geographic point (averaging 365.24 days); base later modified to define or adjust various calendars
Intangible unit_of_time Q577
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year

Summary

year is an unit of time[1]. year ranks in the top 2% of unit_of_time entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,489 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • year's instance of is recorded as unit of time[3].
  • year's instance of is recorded as unit without standard conversion to SI[4].
  • year's instance of is recorded as UCUM derived unit[5].
  • year's measured physical quantity is recorded as duration[6].
  • year's based on is recorded as heliocentric orbit[7].
  • year is a type of duration[8].
  • year is a type of orbital period[9].
  • year is a type of time interval[10].
  • year is part of Sothic cycle[11].
  • year's Commons category is recorded as Years[12].
  • year's said to be the same as is recorded as Holocene calendar year[13].
  • year comprises month[14].
  • year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Years[15].
  • year's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Year[16].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[18].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[19].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • year's described by source is recorded as ISO 80000-3:2006 Quantities and units — Part 3: Space and time[21].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[22].
  • year's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[23].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[24].
  • year's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • year's topic has template is recorded as Template:Year nav[26].
  • year's has characteristic is recorded as type of year[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include unit of time[3], unit without standard conversion to SI[4], and UCUM derived unit[5]. Recorded subclass of include duration[8], orbital period[9], and time interval[10].

Use and Application

year comprises month[14]. year is part of Sothic cycle[11].

Influence

Things named for year include Christmas Gift of the Year[28], an award[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 1988[31].

Why It Matters

year ranks in the top 2% of unit_of_time entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23,489 views/month).[2] year has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] year is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Entities named for year include Christmas Gift of the Year[28], an award[29], in Sweden[30], founded in 1988[31].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . 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.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [31] ↑ . 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. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10d ago · عُثمان · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Year, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang=OWL&term=Year"
  2. 24d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14870 → ont00000832
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Year, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.commoncoreontologies.org/ont00000832, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1788979007401"
  3. 26d ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 357795624
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11693]]: 357795624, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/357795624 in United States"
  4. 4w ago · Reinheitsgebot bot · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Copyright status → public domain
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P6216]]: [[Q19652]], #quickstatements; WikiFlix C1: pre-1900 film, PD by age; invoked by wikiflix"
  5. 5w ago · عُثمان · 2026-08-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Equivalent class → http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Year, https://sigma.ontologyportal.org/sigma/OWL.jsp?kb=SUMO&flang
    Subclass of → duration, orbital period, time interval
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q186081]]"
  6. 6w ago · SLuecke · 2026-08-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Verbaalpina id → C7874
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P10381]]: C7874, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1786955435161"
  7. 9w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Idref id → 027587665
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ki, knc, ln */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
  8. 10w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-07-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fast id → 1182566
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2163]]: 1182566"
  9. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → BMFBG
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  10. 21w ago · Olksolo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → unit of time, unit without standard conversion to SI, UCUM derived unit
    Instance of → —
    Said to be the same as → Holocene calendar year
    Described by source → Pauly–Wissowa, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Otto's encyclopedia +6
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5061]]: v."
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