Europe----------------------------------------- |
Europe | word for "kite" kite history? culture? festivals? |
kite cultural webs & links |
Albania AL |
europ
pop. 3,5 M language: alban |
balona, tiara
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kite painting + flying by zamir mati |
Andorra AND |
europ
pop. 0,05 M language: catalan |
cometa ?
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Austria AT |
C-eur
pop. 8 M language: ger. |
drachen |
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Belarus BY |
E-eur
pop. 10 M language: beloruss. |
zmej
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Belgium BE |
europ
pop. 10M language: ned. fr. ger. |
cerf-volant, vlieger, drachen
kite activity yes. |
- Nouveau Cerfvoliste Belge NCB belge vlieger club - antwerp kiteclub - - panamarenko flying or nonflying flying objects - 2005 windArt.Expo Chateau de Graaf |
Bosnia Herzegowina BiH |
SE-eur
pop. 4 M language: serb.kr. |
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Bulgaria BG |
S-eur
pop. 8 M language: bulg |
hwartscha, frt'chilo
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Chech Rep. CZ |
C-eur
pop. 10 M language: chech. |
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Danmark DK |
N-eur
pop. 5 M language: dansk |
drage
kite activity yes. |
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Deutschland DE |
C-eur |
drachen, windvogel |
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Espana ES |
SW-eur
pop. 39 M language: esp. +bask. +catalan |
cometa, milotxa, estel, |
- cometas.org
- el rincón de las cometas. |
Estland EW |
NE-eur
pop. 1,5 m language: eesti |
tuulelohe
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Finland SF |
N-eur
pop. 5 M language: fin +sved |
leija
kite activity yes. |
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France FR |
W-eur
pop. 57 M language: fr. |
cerf-volant |
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Greece GR |
SE-eur
pop. 10 M language: gre. |
xartaetos
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pic - uriel levi
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Great-Britain GB |
W-eur |
kite |
- OSOW
british One Sky One World page
- nick james kitemaker - Dave Lord about tractionkites - Roger Ripstop's homepage kite comics - martin lester kitemaking - brighton kitefliers kiteclub |
Magyar Hungary HU |
C-eur
pop. 10 M language: hungar |
sarkany - sárkány
kite activity yes. |
- kitefest pákozd
2003 We dont know for sure when kites .rst appeared in Hungary,
says Istvan Bodoczky. The word for kite in Hungarian is sarkany
(dragon), which is probably a translation of the German drachen, |
Ireland IRL |
W-eup
pop. 3,5 m language: irish +engl |
kite
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Iceland IS |
N-eur
pop. 0,25 m language: island. |
flugdreki
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- kite.is
web
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Italia IT |
S-eur
pop. 57 m language: ital. |
aquiloni |
- associazione
italiana aquilonisti |
Kroatia Hrvatska HR |
SE-eur
pop. 5 M language: croat. |
zmajev
kite activity yes. |
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Lettland Latvija LV |
NE-eur
pop. 2,6 m language: lett. |
a
kite page from .LV
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Liechtenstein FL |
C-eur.
pop. 0,02 m language: ger. |
drachen
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Lietuva Lithuania LT |
NE-eur
pop. 3,8 m language: lit. |
aitvaras
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Luxemburg LU |
W-eur
pop. 0,4 m language: fr. +ge. +lux. |
cerf-volant
kite activity yes. |
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Makedonija MK |
SE-eur
pop. 2 M language: makedon. |
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Malta M |
S-eur
pop. 0,35 m language: malt. +en. |
kite
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Moldova MD |
SE-eur
pop. 4 M language: moldavi. |
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Monaco MC |
W-eur
pop. 0,02 m language: fr. |
cerf-volant
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Nederland NL |
W-eur
pop. 15 M language: nederl. |
vlieger
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Norway Norge NO |
N-eur
pop. 4 M language: norw. |
drage
kite activity yes. |
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Polska PL |
C-eur
pop. 38 M language: polsk. |
Latawce
kite activity yes. |
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Portugal PO |
SW-eur
pop. 10 M language: port. |
papagaio
kite activity yes. |
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Romania RO |
SE-eur
pop. 23 M language: romani. |
smeu
|
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San Marino RSM |
S-eur
0,02 m language: ital. |
aquiloni
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Sweden Sverige S |
N-eur
pop. 9 M language: sve. |
drake |
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Suisse Schweiz Svizzera CH |
C-eur
pop. 7 M language: ger. it fr. raetorom. |
cerf-volant
kite activity yes. |
- elementair.ch
kiteclub [.fr.] |
Slovensko SK |
C-eur
pop. 5 M language: slov. |
sarkan
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Slowenija SLO |
C-eur
pop. 2 M language: slov. |
zmaj
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Turkiye TR |
W-asia / E-eur
pop. 59 M language: turk |
ucurtma kite activity yes. |
- Istanbul
Kiteflyers Association |
Ukraine UA |
E-eur
pop. 52 M language: ukrain |
zmej
kite activity yes. |
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Vaticano V |
S-eur
pop. 0,000 m language: ital, latin |
aquiloni, velivola ?
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Zypern Kypros CY |
SE-eur
pop. 0,7 m language: greek, turk. |
ucurtma, drak ?, Xartaetos |
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