Kition (Ancient Greek: Κίτιον, Kition; Latin: Citium; Egyptian: kꜣṯꜣj; Phoenician: 𐤊𐤕, KT, or 𐤊𐤕𐤉, KTY;) was an Ancient Greek city-kingdom on the... 28 KB (2,948 words) - 23:59, 5 March 2024 |
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... 451 bytes (88 words) - 19:33, 24 February 2023 |
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... 4 KB (510 words) - 07:45, 9 May 2021 |
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... 46 KB (5,659 words) - 17:06, 11 April 2024 |
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... 38 KB (3,724 words) - 19:10, 10 December 2023 |
The Pierides Kition inscriptions are seven Phoenician inscriptions found in Kition by Demetrios Pierides in 1881 and acquired by the Louvre in 1885. Caquot... 3 KB (143 words) - 22:01, 24 October 2023 |
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... 4 KB (507 words) - 23:59, 18 February 2024 |
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... 3 KB (418 words) - 07:18, 20 April 2024 |
Αθλητική Έvωση Κίτιον Λάρνακας, romanized: Athletiki Enosi Kition Larnakas, "Athletic Union Kition of Larnaca") is a Cypriot professional football club based... 58 KB (2,882 words) - 13:03, 21 April 2024 |
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... 4 KB (502 words) - 12:07, 26 March 2024 |
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... 8 KB (931 words) - 16:56, 24 April 2024 |
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,... 56 KB (5,216 words) - 16:43, 19 February 2024 |
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... 3 KB (299 words) - 21:22, 8 August 2022 |
Zeno of Citium (redirect from Zeno of Kition) 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... 31 KB (3,628 words) - 08:11, 12 March 2024 |
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... 28 KB (3,568 words) - 09:27, 11 April 2024 |
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... 2 KB (120 words) - 12:35, 25 August 2023 |
Incendiary kite(also Firebomb kite, flaming kite, Fire Kite) is a kite with a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached. Kites were first... 6 KB (511 words) - 14:26, 27 April 2024 |
Kition Resheph pillars are two Phoenician inscriptions discovered in Cyprus at Kition in 1860. They are notable for mentioning three cities - Kition,... 9 KB (1,150 words) - 17:31, 6 October 2023 |
Kitić (Serbian Cyrillic Китић) is a Serbian and Bosnian family name Mile Kitić (1952), Serbian folk singer Aleksandar Kitić (1983), Bosnian footballer... 384 bytes (78 words) - 16:03, 20 September 2023 |
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... 38 KB (4,012 words) - 15:10, 3 April 2024 |
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... 11 KB (1,291 words) - 20:32, 30 April 2024 |
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... 1 KB (216 words) - 03:40, 15 April 2022 |
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... 7 KB (1,069 words) - 23:59, 13 July 2023 |
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... 6 KB (317 words) - 01:14, 13 April 2024 |
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... 4 KB (276 words) - 14:58, 11 March 2024 |