I was delighted when I learned the word for kite in Czech: papírový drak, which literally means "paper dragon."
One of the words for kite in Spanish is cometa, or "comet."
Today I was even more delighted when I learned the word in French: cerf-volant, which could be translated as "flying stag."
So I investigated. Lots of variations on dragons, birds, and other flying creatures (one Spanish term seems to come from the Nahuatl word for "butterfly," and in Georgian it's "bee"). But here's another favorite:
In Chinese, it seems to translate as "wind zither."
Anyone know any other cool literal meanings?
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