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    Kition (Ancient Greek: Κίτιον, Kition; Latin: Citium; Egyptian: kꜣṯꜣj; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤕‎, KT, or 𐤊𐤕𐤉‎, KTY;) was an Ancient Greek city-kingdom on the...
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    anchors. Kites often have a bridle and tail to guide the face of the kite so the wind can lift it. Some kite designs do not need a bridle; box kites can have...
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  • Look up kiting in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kiting may refer to: Flying a kite Check kiting, a form of banking fraud Domain kiting, a practice...
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    The Kition Tariffs are two important Phoenician inscriptions found in Kition (Larnaka), Cyprus in 1879. The longer of the two has been described as "Among...
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    Larnaca District Museum, under the title "Kition: The necropolis" The Phoenician Period Necropolis of Kition, Volume I Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback...
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    the surgeon Zopyrus, but he lived in Kition (now Larnaca). Another theory is that he studied medicine in Kition although it is not clear whether a medical...
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  • The Kite Runner is the first novel by Afghan-American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003 by Riverhead Books, it tells the story of Amir, a young...
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    to milvine kites as "large kites", and elanine kites as "small kites". [citation needed] Subfamily Elaninae Genus Elanus Black-winged kite, Elanus caeruleus...
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    In Euclidean geometry, a kite is a quadrilateral with reflection symmetry across a diagonal. Because of this symmetry, a kite has two equal angles and...
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  • The Pierides Kition inscriptions are seven Phoenician inscriptions found in Kition by Demetrios Pierides in 1881 and acquired by the Louvre in 1885. Caquot...
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    A rotor kite or gyrokite is an unpowered, rotary-wing aircraft. Like an autogyro or helicopter, it relies on lift created by one or more sets of rotors...
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  • up kite, Kite, or kitę in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces. Kite or...
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  • Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας, romanized: Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based...
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    A box kite is a high-performance kite, noted for developing relatively high lift; it is a type within the family of cellular kites. The typical design...
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    The kite experiment is a scientific experiment in which a kite with a pointed conductive wire attached to its apex is flown near thunder clouds to collect...
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    The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles,...
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    way that the entire kite is also a regular tetrahedron. The kite can be described as a compound dihedral kite as well. This kite was invented by Alexander...
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    c. 334 – c. 262 BC) was a Hellenistic philosopher from Citium (Κίτιον, Kition), Cyprus. He was the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy, which he...
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    Fighter kites are kites used for the sport of kite fighting. Traditionally, most are small, unstable single-line flat kites where line tension alone is...
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  • Formula Kite is the kitesurfing class chosen by World Sailing for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The class features a foil kite and a board with a hydrofoil...
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    Incendiary kite(also Firebomb kite, flaming kite, Fire Kite) is a kite with a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached. Kites were first...
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  • Kition Resheph pillars are two Phoenician inscriptions discovered in Cyprus at Kition in 1860. They are notable for mentioning three cities - Kition,...
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    Kition dans les textes. Kition-Bamboula V. Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations. p. 177. Yon, Marguerite (2004). Kition dans les textes. Kition-Bamboula...
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  • Kitić (Serbian Cyrillic Китић) is a Serbian and Bosnian family name Mile Kitić (1952), Serbian folk singer Aleksandar Kitić (1983), Bosnian footballer...
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    The black kite (Milvus migrans) is a medium-sized bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors. It is thought...
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  • KITE Liberator (カイト リベレイター, Kaito Ribereitā) is a 2008 Japanese direct-to-video adult animated action science fiction film and the second installment of...
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  • borne the name HMS Kite, after the kite, a bird of prey: HMS Kite (1764) was a 6-gun cutter launched in 1764 and sold in 1771. HMS Kite (1778) was a 12-gun...
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  • Kite fishing is a fishing technique. It involves a kite from which a drop line hangs, attached to a lure or bait. The kite is flown over the surface of...
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    Jonathan Kite is an American actor, comedian and impressionist. He is best known for his role as Oleg Golishevsky on 2 Broke Girls. Kite grew up in Skokie...
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  • Milena Kitic (Serbian: Kitić; born 1968) is a Serbian American operatic mezzo-soprano. Kitic was born in Belgrade, at the time in Yugoslavia. She graduated...
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