Kite
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The word kite may mean:
- Kite flying, the activity of flying a light, man-made object designed to be supported by the wind
- Kite (bird), one of many species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae
- Geometric kite, a diamond shaped quadrilateral
- HMS Kite (U87), a ship in the British Royal Navy
- Kite, Georgia, a town in the United States
- Check kiting, a kind of bank fraud in which a worthless check is presented to obtain goods or cash
- Kite aspect, a factor in astrology
- Kite, a slang term for correspondence received while incarcerated
Kite may also refer to:
- Kite (Kirsty MacColl album) (1989) by Kirsty MacColl
- Kite (Stefanie Sun album) (2001) by Stefanie Sun
- Cerf Volant | Paraski
- Kite (film), or A Kite, a controversial anime release
- "Kite (song)", a song by U2
- "Kites", a poem by Ruskin Bond
Kite is the name of:
- John Kite, 16th century clergyman
- Robert Kite, Lord Mayor of London in 1766
- Son Kite, a psychedelic trance musician
- Tom Kite, American golfer
- William Kite, a Victorian showman made famous again in the song "Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" by the Beatles.
- Kite (.hack), a member of Project .hack, a multimedia science fiction series
- Kites (musician), a noise musician