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Kiwi
Kiwi
Kiwi are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand, in the genus Apteryx and family Apterygidae.At around the size of a domestic chicken, kiwi are by far the smallest living ratites and lay the largest egg in relation to their body size of any species of bird in the world...

are flightless birds endemic to New Zealand.

Kiwi or KIWI may also refer to:
  • Kiwifruit
    Kiwifruit
    The kiwifruit, often shortened to kiwi in many parts of the world, is the edible berry of a cultivar group of the woody vine Actinidia deliciosa and hybrids between this and other species in the genus Actinidia....

  • Kiwi (people)
    Kiwi (people)
    Kiwi is the nickname used internationally for people from New Zealand, as well as being a relatively common self-reference. The name derives from the kiwi, a flightless bird, which is native to, and the national symbol of, New Zealand...

    , a nickname for New Zealanders

Entertainment

  • Kiwi FM
    Kiwi FM
    Kiwi FM is a New Zealand Radio Network playing 100 percent New Zealand music both nationally and to the world via its 24/7 live stream. The network was designed specifically to showcase the best New Zealand music across the broadest range of genres, enabling greater access to an international...

    , a New Zealand radio network
  • KIWI
    KIWI
    KIWI is a commercial radio station located in McFarland, California, broadcasting to the Bakersfield, California, area. The station is owned by Lotus Communications Corporation and licensed to Lotus Bakersfield Corp...

    , a radio station in California
  • "Kiwi", a song by Maroon 5 on the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long
    It Won't Be Soon Before Long
    It Won't Be Soon Before Long is Maroon 5's second studio album, released on May 22, 2007. It came almost a full five years after their debut, Songs About Jane. The name was inspired by a phrase the band adopted to keep themselves motivated while on their tour. The album debuted at number one on the...


Fiction

  • Kiwi!
    Kiwi!
    Kiwi! is a 2006 computer-generated animation created by Dony Permedi, a student in the New York City School of Visual Arts, as his Master's Thesis Animation, with music composed and performed by Tim Cassell...

    , an animated film
  • Kiwi, a character in Code Lyoko
  • Kiwi, a fictional henchman to the Dragon Ball character Frieza

Transport

  • Kiwi International Air Lines
    Kiwi International Air Lines
    Kiwi International Air Lines was a Part 121 American airline that operated from September 21, 1992 to March 24, 1999. It had its headquarters in the Hemisphere Center in Newark, New Jersey....

    , a 1992-1999 American airline
  • Kiwi Travel International Airlines, a 1994-1996 New Zealand airline, a minesweeper commissioned in 1941, a patrol boat commissioned in 1983
  • KIWI, ICAO code for Wiscasset Airport
    Wiscasset Airport
    Wiscasset Airport is a public-use airport located three miles southwest of the central business district of Wiscasset, a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. This general aviation airport is publicly owned by Town of Wiscasset. It is currently not served by commercial aircraft, though...

     in Lincoln County, Maine, USA

Other uses

  • Bulford Kiwi
    Bulford Kiwi
    The Bulford Kiwi is an immense drawing of a kiwi carved in the chalk on Beacon Hill above the then-military town of Bulford on the Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire...

    , an immense carving of a kiwi bird in Wiltshire, England
  • Kiwi (horse)
    Kiwi (horse)
    Kiwi was a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and won the Melbourne Cup in Australia. Kiwi, who raced from 1980 to 1987, remains the only horse ever to win both cups....

  • Kiwi (shoe polish)
    Kiwi (shoe polish)
    Kiwi is the brand name of a shoe polish, first made in Australia in 1906 and sold in almost 180 countries. Previously owned by the Sara Lee Corporation since 1984, it was sold in 2011 to SC Johnson...

  • Kiwi (store)
    Kiwi (store)
    Kiwi is a discount store chain in partnership with NorgesGruppen that has 510 retail outlets in Norway, and 110 in Denmark. The stores carry 3,700 articles on 300–1,000 square meters of sales area. Kiwi has about 8000 employees. In addition to premium brands it also carries the private label...

    , a Scandinavian retail chain
  • Kiwis (rugby league), the New Zealand national rugby league team
  • New Zealand dollar
    New Zealand dollar
    The New Zealand dollar is the currency of New Zealand. It also circulates in the Cook Islands , Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands. It is divided into 100 cents....

    , a unit of currency, also called a kiwi
  • KIWI, a testbed prototype of nuclear thermal rocket
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