curling

Summary

curling is a type of sport^[1]. curling has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2]

Key Facts

• curling's instance of is recorded as type of sport^[3].
• curling is a type of winter sport^[4].
• curling is a type of team sport^[5].
• curling is a type of ice sport^[6].
• curling is a type of Olympic sport^[7].
• curling's Commons category is recorded as Curling^[8].
• curling's country of origin is recorded as Scotland^[9].
• 1966 marks the founding of curling^[10].
• curling's authority is recorded as World Curling^[11].
• curling's official website is recorded as http://www.worldcurling.org^[12].
• curling's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Curling^[13].
• curling's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Q29572895^[14].
• curling's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as sport=curling^[15].
• curling's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[16].
• curling's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[17].
• curling's different from is recorded as hurling^[18].
• curling's different from is recorded as icestock sport^[19].
• curling's different from is recorded as shinty^[20].
• curling's competition class is recorded as men's curling^[21].
• curling's competition class is recorded as women's curling^[22].
• curling's uses is recorded as curling stone^[23].
• curling's uses is recorded as curling broom^[24].
• curling's uses is recorded as curling sheet^[25].
• curling's uses is recorded as ice^[26].
• curling's uses is recorded as curling venue^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

curling's instance of is recorded as type of sport^[3]. Recorded subclass of include winter sport^[4], team sport^[5], ice sport^[6], and Olympic sport^[7].

Origins

1966 marks the founding of curling^[10].

Influence

Things named for curling include helicopter parent^[28].

Why It Matters

curling has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] curling is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]

Entities named for curling include helicopter parent^[28].