curling
winter team sport played on ice
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Summary
curling is a type of sport[1]. curling ranks in the top 9% of type of sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,537 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: winter sport[3], team sport[4], ice sport[5], Olympic sport[6]
- Commons category: Curling[7]
- Country of origin: Scotland[8]
- Inception: 1966[9]
- Authority: World Curling[10]
- Official website: http://www.worldcurling.org[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Curling[12]
- Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portail:Curling[13]
- OpenStreetMap tag: sport=curling[14]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
- Different from: hurling[17], icestock sport[18], shinty[19]
- Competition class: men's curling[20], women's curling[21]
- Uses: curling stone[22], curling broom[23], curling sheet[24], ice[25], curling venue[26], curling pond[27]
- Practiced by: curler[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[29]
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Influence
Things named for curling include helicopter parent[30].
Why It Matters
curling has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] curling is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]
Entities named for curling include helicopter parent[30].