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Goethite Goethite, named after the German polymath Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, is an iron bearing oxide mineral found in soil and other low temperature environments. Goethite has been well known since prehistoric times for its use as a pigment.
Goetia Goetia refers to a practice which includes the Invocation or Evocation of demons, and usage of the term in English largely derives from the 17th century grimoire Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis, or The Lesser Key of Solomon. Also sometimes seen as Lemegeton Clavicula Salomonis Regis (The Lesser Key of King Solomon)
Goetia (album) Goetia was planned to be the first album release by British black metal band Cradle of Filth on UK metal label Tombstone Records. Due to insufficient funding however, the studio tapes were wiped and the album went unreleased.
Goetzman Goetzman is a rare last name found in United States. The name has many Variants such as Goetzman(n), Gotzman(n), Getzman(n), Götzman(n) Tales state the last name Gussmann was the first variant of this last name and was a very powerful clan of Austria however many Goetzmans in the U.
Goewin In Welsh mythology, Goewin was Math ap Mathonwy's foot-holder; she was raped by Gilfaethwy. Learning that she was no longer a virgin, Math punished Gilfaethwy and his accomplice Gwydion, and married Goewin himself.
Gofa Zuria Gofa Zuria (Amharic "Greater Gofa Area") is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Semien Omo Zone, Gofa Zuria is bordered on the south by Zala Ubamale, on the southwest by the Debub Omo Zone, on the west by Basketo, on the northwest by Melokoza, on the north by Loma Bosa, and on the east by Kucha.
Goff's Oak Goff's Oak (which can be spelt with or without the apostrophe) is a large village in the Broxbourne district of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. It is situated between Cuffley and Cheshunt, just north of the M25 motorway in a slightly more rural section of the London commuter belt.
Goff-Gratch equation The Goff-Gratch equation is one (arguably the first reliable) amongst many equations that have been proposed to estimate the saturation water vapor pressure at a given temperature. All such equations remain approximations, however.
Goffin's Cockatoo The Goffin's Cockatoo, Cacatua goffini also known as Tanimbar Cockatoo is a species of cockatoo native and endemic to forests of Banda Sea islands in Indonesia. They weigh, on average, about 350 grams and are about 31 centimeters from head to tail.
Goffle Brook Goffle Brook is a tributary of the Passaic River which flows south through a section of both Passaic County and Bergen County in New Jersey and drains the eastern side of the First Watchung Mountain. Heading up the brook from the confluence with the Passaic River, one encounters the towns of Hawthorne, Ridgewood, Midland Park, and Wyckoff.
Goffredo Malaterra Goffredo (or Geoffrey) Malaterra was an eleventh century Benedictine monk and chronicler of Norman origin. He moved to the Mezzogiorno as a youth and entered the monastery of Sant'Eufemia and later that of Sant'Agata at Catania, on the isle of Sicily.
Goffs, California Goffs, California is a nearly empty one-time railroad town at the route's high point in the Mojave Desert. Goffs was a stop along famous Route 66 prior to 1931, when a more direct route between Needles and Amboy was built.
Goffs, Nova Scotia Goffs, Nova Scotia is a small community of the Halifax Regional Municipality Nova Scotia on the Old Guysborough Rd (Nova Scotia Route 212) next to the Halifax International Airport. The community is home to the Airlane Golf Club and is home to the Goffs Fire Station part of the Halifax Regional Fire and Rescue Service .
Gofmaniada Gofmaniada () is an upcoming stop motion-animated feature film from Russian studio Soyuzmultfilm. The concept and all of the art design was done by Mikhail Shemyakin and it is being directed by Stanislav Sokolov.
Gog (woreda) Gog is one of the 8 woredas in the Gambela Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 2, Gog is bordered on the south by the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region, on the southwest by Sudan, on the west by Jor, on the north by Abobo, and on the east by the Godere special woreda.
Gog and Magog The tradition of Gog and Magog begins in the Hebrew Bible with the reference to Magog, son of Japheth, in the Book of Genesis and continues in cryptic prophecies in the Book of Ezekiel, which are echoed in the Book of Revelation and in the Qur'an.
Gog Magog Downs The Gog Magog Downs (also known as the Gog Magog Hills or simply the Gogs) are a range of low chalk hills, extending for several miles to the southeast of Cambridge in England. The highest points are a point labelled on Ordnance Survey 1:25000 maps as "Telegraph Clump" - at 75 m and Little Trees Hill and Wandlebury Hill, both at 74 m (243ft).
Gogaku Gogaku(語学) is a term that means “language study” in Japanese. Organizations that teach foreign languages, known as Gogaku schools (語学スクール, gogaku sukūru), are very popular throughout Japan.
Gogama, Ontario Gogama is a small community located in the heart of Northeastern Ontario, situated on Lake Minisinakwa, it is 580km N of Toronto, 191km N of Sudbury and 114km S of Timmins. With a population of 596 people, it boasts recreation, hunting and fishing that is unrivaled in this part of Ontario.
Goge Vandire Goge Vandire, 361st High Lord of the Administratum, is a character in the Warhammer 40,000 gaming universe. In the turbulent times around the 36th Millennium, the power of the Ecclesiarchy was absolute except for a few challenges put out by the Administratum.
Gogeldrie, New South Wales Gogeldrie is a town community in the central north part of the Riverina and situated about 11 kilometres west from Leeton and 11 kilometres east from Whitton. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 1180 people.
Goggles Goggles and safety glasses are forms of protective eyewear that usually enclose or protect the eye area in order to prevent particulates or chemicals from striking the eyes. They are used in chemistry laboratories and in woodworking.
Gogmagog (band) Gogmagog was a band that featured former Iron Maiden members Paul Di'Anno and Clive Burr, former White Spirit and then future (now current) Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, former Def Leppard guitarist Pete Willis, and former Whitesnake, Black Sabbath, and Badlands (NOT the same band that the late Ray Gillen sang for) bassist Neil Murray. Pete Willis later played in the band Roadhouse.
Gogo (ethnic group) The Gogo (or Wagogo) are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the Dodoma Region of central Tanzania. In 1992 the Gogo population was estimated to number 1,300,000 The Gogo have historically been predominantly pastoralist], and patralineal (tracing descent and inheritance through the male line), but many contemporary Gogo now practice settled [[agriculture, have migrated to urban areas, or work on plantations throughout Tanzania.
Gogonasus Gogonasus (meaning "snout from Gogo") was a lobe-finned fish known from 3-dimensionally preserved 380 million-year-old fossils found from the Gogo Formation in Western Australia. It lived in the late Devonian period, on what was once a 1400 kilometre coral reef off the Kimberley coast surrounding the north-west of Australia.
Gogue The Gogue or de Gogue is a piece of horse tack used for training purposes, and is very popular in Europe, with a similar place in training regimes as side reins. Its purpose is to encourage the horse to raise the neck, free the shoulders and engage the hocks, so that he may develop the correct muscles for a rounded outline.
Goguryeo Goguryeo (traditional founding date 37 BCE; probably 2nd century BCE – 668 CE) was an ancient Korean kingdom located in the northern Korean Peninsula and Manchuria. It was one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, along with Baekje and Silla.
Goguryeo-Sui Wars The Goguryeo-Sui Wars were a series of campaigns launched by the Sui Dynasty of China against the Goguryeo dynasty of Korea between 598 and 614. It resulted in the defeat of Sui and contributed to its eventual fall in 618.
GoGet GoGet CarShare is a car sharing service operating in Sydney and Melbourne, and the first such program in Australia. GoGet was launched as Newtown CarShare on June 6 2003 with three vehicles and twelve founding members.
GoGo board The GoGo board is a simple and low-cost computer Input/Output interface device. Developed by Arnan (Roger) Sipitakiat at the MIT Media Lab, the GoGo board is useful for projects that need a simple interface between the computer and sensors (e.
Goh Chi Lan Mrs Goh Chi Lan is the senior educator for the newly approved local international school, SJI International. She was the former executive director of Anglo-Chinese School (International) from its opening in January 2005 to September 2005.
Goh Chok Tong Goh Chok Tong (; Hokkien Gô· Chok-tòng; born May 20 1941), was the second Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore from November 28 1990 to August 12 2004, succeeding Lee Kuan Yew. He served a total of fourteen years.
Gohar Ayub Khan Gohar Ayub Khan (born January 1937) is son of the late Pakistan President Field Marshal Ayub Khan, was born in Rehana, Abbottabad. He studied at Army Burn Hall College, Abbottabad, and Saint Mary's Academy, Rawalpindi Rawalpindi.
Gohil Gohil or Gohel is the name of a dynasty that ruled certain princely states in western India, including Rajpipla and Bhavnagar in the present-day state of Gujarat. They claim descent from the ruling family of Mewar in present-day Rajasthan and are a branch of the Sisodia clan of rajputs.
Gohma Gohma is a fictional monster and a recurring boss character in the Legend of Zelda series of video games. Although Gohma's appearance is different in every game, it is always a giant cyclopic arachnid, and its eye is always its weak point.
Gohoku, Kochi Gohoku (吾北村; -son) was a village located in Agawa District, Kochi, Japan. On October 1, 2004 the village merged with the village of Hongawa in an expansion of the town of Ino, and no longer exists as an independent municipality.
Gohonzon Gohonzon (ご本尊 or 御本尊) refers to the object of devotion in many forms of Japanese Buddhism. In Japanese, go is an honorific prefix indicating respect and honzon means object of fundamental respect, veneration, or devotion.
Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites The Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites are the location of hundreds of stone dolmen which were used as grave markers and for ritual purposes during the first millennium BCE when the Megalithic Culture was prominent on the Korean Peninsula. The sites were designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. Korea is said to contain more than 40% of the worlds dolmen, which are mostly concentrated in these three sites.
Gochin no Tajima Gochin no Tajima (ごちん忽), called Tajima the arrow-cutter, was a warrior monk from Miidera who fought alongside the Minamoto Clan forces, and many of his fellow Miidera monks at the Battle of Uji in 1180.
Gochujang {{korean name nohanja|image=|hangul=고추장|hanja=苦椒[(고추장、苦椒醤) is a spicy Korean condiment], made from [[glutinous rice powder mixed with powdered fermented soybeans, red chili powder, and salt, and fermented, traditionally in the sun. Other grains can be substituted for the glutinous rice, including normal rice, wheat, and barley.
Goiana Goiana is a city in Brazil in the northeast of the state of Pernambuco, about 100 km north of the city of Recife. It is built on a fertile plain between the rivers Tracunhaém and Capibaribe Mirim near their junction to form the Goiana River, and is 25 km from the coast .
Goiânia Goiânia (often abbreviated to Gyn or Go) is the capital of the state of Goiás, located in the central-west region of Brazil. A planned city like Brasília and Belo Horizonte, Goiânia was founded on October 24, 1933 by Pedro Ludovico, the governor of the state of Goiás at the time.
Goiânia accident The Goiânia accident was an incident of radioactive contamination in central Brazil that killed several people and injured many others. On September 13, 1987 an old radiation source was scavenged from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, the capital of the central Brazilian state of Goiás.
Goibniu In Irish mythology Goibniu or Goibhniu (pronounced or 'Goive-nu') was a son of Brigid and Tuireann and the smith of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He and his brothers Creidhne and Luchtaine were known as the Trí Dée Dána, the three gods of art, who forged the weapons which the Tuatha Dé used to battle the Fomorians.
Goidelic languages The Goidelic languages (also sometimes called the Gaelic languages or collectively Gaelic) have historically been part of a dialect continuum stretching from the south of Ireland, the Isle of Man, to the north of Scotland. They are one of two major divisions of modern-day Insular Celtic languages (the other being the Brythonic languages).
Goichi Suda Goichi Suda, aka Suda 51 (In Japanese, the number 51 can be pronounced "go-ichi"), is the President of Grasshopper Manufacture. His works include Moonlight Syndrome for the PlayStation, The Silver Case, Michigan and most recently, his first game to be released in the United States, Killer7.
Goin' Back to Indiana Goin' Back to Indiana was a live/soundtrack album by The Jackson 5 for Motown Records, taken from their September 16 1971 ABC TV special of the same name. The TV special featured guests, comedians Bill Cosby and Tommy Smothers, singers Bobby Darin and Diana Ross, and basketball stars Bill Russell, Elgin Baylor, Elvin Hayes and Ben Davison, it also features tracks that were recorded by the group during their May 29 "homecoming" concert in Gary, Indiana (hence the title and also the name of a 1970 song they recorded for their Third Album).
Goin' Blind "Goin' Blind" is a song by Kiss written by Gene Simmons and Stephen Coronel, sometimes referred to as "Going Blind". The song originally appeared on the band's second album, 1974's Hotter Than Hell .
Goin' Places Goin' Places was The Jacksons' second album for CBS Records' Philadelphia International subsidiary. It was released in 1977, the year before the family group moved to Epic Records in 1978 for their return to mainstream success.
Goin' South Goin' South is an American western-comedy film, directed by and starring Jack Nicholson. The 1978 film also starred Mary Steenburgen in her movie debut and included Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi (movie debut), Richard Bradford, Veronica Cartwright, Danny DeVito and Ed Begley Jr.
Going Going is the term used to describe the surface of a racetrack in the run up to a horse racing meeting. The going is determined by the amount of moisture in the ground and is assessed by an official steward on the day of the meeting.
Going After Cacciato Written by author Tim O'Brien and winner of the National Book Award for fiction in 1979, this complex novel is set during the Vietnam War and is told from the point of view of the protagonist, Paul Berlin. The story traces the events that follow after Cacciato, a member of Berlin's squad, decides to go AWOL by walking from Vietnam to France by way of Asia.
Going Down Going Down is a forthcoming film directed by Mike Figgis, starring Julia Stiles as a young woman who becomes a prostitute to pay her way through college. It was originally scheduled for release in 2005 but currently still shows as "in development".
Going Dutch Going Dutch is a slang term that means that each person eating at a restaurant or paying admission for entertainment pays for himself or herself, rather than one person paying for everyone. It is also called Dutch date or Dutch treat.
Going for Gold Going for Gold was a British television game show that aired on BBC One from 1987 to 1996. It was presented by Irish broadcaster Henry Kelly, and its defining concept was that it featured contestants from different European countries who competed against each other to answer questions (all in English) to win a prize.
Going Hollywood Going Hollywood is a 1933 MGM movie, directed by Raoul Walsh and written by Donald Ogden Stewart. The film tells the story of Sylvia (Marion Davies), a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love.
Going Merry The , known in the English adaptations as the Merry GoWhile the Straw Hat Pirates often refer to the ship as Merī-gō for short in the Japanese version, the -gō suffix is lexically distinct from the name proper, and used to denote that the name is in fact that of a ship (similar to setting the name off with italics and the definite article in English). Another example of this phenomenon in the series can be seen in the , Wapol's ship.
Going Mobile "Going Mobile" is the 7th track of the famous album Who's Next by The Who. An ode to the joys of life in a RV van, the track deals mainly with the band's enjoyment of moving on the road, with no bounds.
Going My Way Going My Way, a 1944 film, is a light-hearted drama about a new young priest (Bing Crosby) taking over a parish from an established old veteran (Barry Fitzgerald}. It was followed the next year by a sequel, The Bells of St.
Going postal Going postal is an American English slang term, used as a verb meaning to become extremely angry, possibly to the point of violence. The term derives from a series of incidents from 1986 onward in which United States Postal Service (USPS) workers shot and killed managers, fellow workers, and members of the police or general public.
Going Places Going Places is the fifth album by Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass and, along with their prior album, Whipped Cream and Other Delights one of their most popular releases. The song "Spanish Flea" was used on "The Dating Game".
Going Postal Going Postal (ISBN 0-385-60342-8, published by Doubleday) is Terry Pratchett's 33rd Discworld novel, released in the United Kingdom on September 25, 2004. Unusually for a Discworld novel (other than the children's books and the Science of Discworlds) Going Postal is divided into chapters.
Going Snake Massacre The Going Snake Massacre was an incident that occurred on April 15th, 1872, during the early days of the Old West, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, then the capitol of the Cherokee Nation in Indian Territory. In the incident, eight US Marshals were killed when ten US Marshals were ambushed during the trial of a murder suspect, who had been arrested for shooting one man, then murdering the man's Cherokee wife.
Going Straight Going Straight was a BBC sitcom which emerged as a direct spin-off from Porridge, starring Ronnie Barker as prisoner Norman Stanley Fletcher, newly released from the fictional Slade prison where Porridge had been set.
Going to a Go-Go Going to a Go-Go is a 1965 album by The Miracles, the first to bill the group as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. It includes four of the Miracles' Top 20 hits: "Ooo Baby Baby", "The Tracks of My Tears", "Going to a Go-Go", and "My Girl Has Gone".
Going to California "Going to California" is a song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin from their fourth album, released in 1971. The song's wistful folk-style sound, with Robert Plant on lead vocals, acoustic guitar by Jimmy Page and mandolin by John Paul Jones, contrasts with the heavy electric-amplified rock on several of the album's other tracks.
Going-to future Going-to future is a term used to describe an English sentence structure referring to the future, making use of the verb phrase to be going to. Swedish has a similar construction, though not in the form of a participle, as in Jag kommer att ...
Going-to-the-Sun Road Going-to-the-Sun Road is the main parkway through the heart of Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. It was completed in 1932, and it is the only road that crosses the park, going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass.
Goiogouen Goiogouen, or Cayuga Castle, was a major village of the Cayuga nation of Iroquois Indians in west-central New York State. It was located on the eastern shore of Cayuga Lake on the north side of the Great Gully Brook, about 10 miles south of the large 17th-century Cayuga town of Tiohero; and approximately along the southern line of the modern-day township of Springport, New York.
Goitered Gazelle The Goitered, Black-tailed or Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) is a gazelle found in a large area of central Asia, including part of Iran and southern west Pakistan in the western end of the range, as well as the Gobi desert. The specific name means "full below the throat" and refers to the male having an enlargement of the neck and throat during the mating season.
Goizeder Victoria AzĂşa BarrĂ­os Goizeder Victoria AzĂşa BarrĂ­os, from Valencia, Venezuela is the Miss International titleholder for the year 2003. She began her beauty pageant career by winning the Miss Carabobo 2002 title, beating out big favorite Vanessa Fanesi, and then by winning the Miss World Venezuela 2002 crown in the Gala de la Belleza beauty pageant.
Gojal The Upper Hunza region, commonly known as Gojal, is geographically the largest Tehsil of the Northern Areas of Pakistan and borders the Xinjiang-Uighur region of China. The region includes all area from the Khunjerab Pass in the north down to Nazimabad (Shishkat Bridge, 3-4km south of Gulmit town) on Karakoram Highway.
Gojiro Gojiro is the 1991 debut novel by former Esquire columnist Mark Jacobson. It reinterprets the Godzilla film series from the perspective of the daikaiju—not a fictional creature depicted on-screen via suitmation, but an irradiated varanid–turned–B-movie star named Gojiro (an homage to Gojira, the Japanese name for Godzilla).
Gojitmal Gojitmal (거짓말, English-title: Lies) is a controversial 1999 South Korean film depicting a sadomasochistic sexual relationship between a 38-year-old sculptor and an 18-year-old high school student. It was the debut film for both of its stars; Lee Sang-hyun is a sculptor and Kim Tae-yeon, a fashion model.
Gojjam Gojjam (Ge'ez ጎጃም gōǧǧām, originally ጐዛም gʷazzam, later ጐዣም gʷažžām, ጎዣም gōžžām) was a province in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. This province is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudanese border; the remainder of its northern boundary with Begemder was defined by the Dinder River.
Gojko Đogo Gojko Djogo is a Serb poet and dissident imprisoned in Yugoslavia in the 1980s for defaming the memory of former president Josip Broz Tito. In December 1989, he was one of the founders of the Democratic Party in, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
Gojū Ryū Gojū-ryū ( 剛柔流 gōjū ryū) (Japanese for "Hard-soft style") is a style of karate, so called as it allows a combination of hard and soft techniques. It is commonly believed that the concept of combining the two extremes originated in a Chinese martial arts doctrine known as wu pei chih.
Gojong of Goryeo Gojong of Goryeo (reigned 1213–1259) was the twenty-third ruler of Goryeo in present-day Korea. Gojong's reign was marked by prolonged conflict with the Mongol Empire, which sought to conquer Goryeo, ending only when the kingdom was finally vassalized in 1259.
Gojra Gojra (Urdu: گوجرہ) is a Pakistani city 50km from Faisalabad. It has a history of more than hundred years, and being the centre of the cultivated lands, the city was famous for its "Mandi" (market) for cash crops.
Gojulas The Gojulas is a type of Zoid, one of over two hundred species of biomechanical lifeforms that form the basis of TOMY's Zoids model, anime, and game franchise. The Gojulas was the main Republic Zoid featured in TOMY's Original Japanese Release advertising, one of the main Zoid characters in the UK Zoids comic, and appears in the first three anime series.
Gojulas Giga The Gojulas Giga (often affectionately referred to as Giggles by western fans, or often erroneously as Giga Gojulas) is a type of Zoid, one of over 200 species of biomechanical life forms around which the Zoids model, anime, and game franchise is based. The Gojulas Giga is a major Zoid in the Zoids: Fuzors anime.
Gojushiho dai Gojushiho Dai (Japanese: 54 Steps, Major) is the major form of a kata practiced in Shotokan karate, which has its origin in the Phoenix Eye style. Its name derives either from the repetitive movements of a woodpecker pecking a tree-trunk, or from the staggering and hesitant steps of a drunken man.
Gojushiho sho Gojushiho Sho (Japanese: 54 Steps Minor) is the minor form of a kata practiced in Shotokan karate, which has its origin in the Phoenix Eye style. Its name derives either from the repetitive movements of a woodpecker pecking a tree-trunk, or from the staggering and hesitant steps of a drunken man.
Gojyou Shiouji Doctor Gojyou Shiouji (四王子五条 Shiōji Gojō) is a fictional character in the animated series, Excel Saga, and the manga upon which it is based. He is voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue in the original Japanese and Spike Spencer in the English dub.
Gokarna Gokarna, meaning "Cow's Ear" is a small town situated in the North Kannada district of the coastal Karnataka state, India. Gokarna is about 453 km from Bangalore, 240 km north of Mangalore and about 59 km from Karwar.
Gokarnatheshwara Temple Situated in the city of Mangalore, this beautiful temple is the abode of Lord Gokarnatha, another name for Lord Shiva. Compared to the other temples in and around Mangalore this temple was built pretty recently.
Gokarnatheshwara Temple, Kudroli, Mangalore Situated in the city of Mangalore, this beautiful temple is the abode of Lord Gokarnatha, another name for Lord Shiva. Compared to the other temples in and around Mangalore this temple was built pretty recently.
Gokayama Gokayama (五箇山) is a village within the city of Nanto in Toyama Prefecture. Its very traditional gasshō-zukuri style homes make it a nearly unique site, and is regarded a UNESCO World Heritage Site, along with the village of Shirakawa-go in Gifu Prefecture.
Gokhale Gokhale is an Indian surname typically found in the western state of Maharashtra. It is a Hindu surname found among the caste of Chitpavan Brahmins, who are more commonly referred to as "Konkanastha Brahmins".
Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics The Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics (GIPE) in Pune, Maharashtra was conceived in 1930 by the late Shri R R Kale as a centre for research and higher learning in Economics. From those days it has evolved into a premiere institute for advanced study in economics boasting of faculty and alumni who have distinguished themselves nationally and internationally as academicians, policy makers and consultants.
Gokishichidō was the name for ancient administrative units organized in Japan during the Asuka Period (AD 538–710), as part of a legal and governmental system borrowed from the Chinese. Though these units did not survive as administrative structures beyond the Muromachi Period (1336–1573), they did remain important geographical entities up until the nineteenth century.
Gokomere The ancient people who inhabited the area of Great Zimbabwe in about 500AD and probably built the complex between 1000 and 1200 AD, inspired by Swahili architecture on the East coast, an area with which the Gokomere traded via ancient trading routes over the Chimanimani mountains on the current Zimbabwe / Mocambique border. This group gave rise to the maShona and the waRozwi tribes.
Gokor Chivichyan Gokor Chivichyan (born 1963 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian-American Judo, submission grappling, and mixed martial arts instructor. Gokor currently trains professional and amateur fighters at the Hayastan MMA Academy in North Hollywood, CA.
Gokujou Parodius! , released in Europe as Fantastic Journey, is a scrolling shooter arcade game and the third title in the Parodius series produced by Konami. Like the rest of the series, it is a parody of the Gradius series and other Konami games.
Gokul Gokul is a village 15 km south-east of Mathura in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It was popularised by Vallabhacharya as a religious site during the 16th century, and became an important centre of the Bhakti culture.
Gokula Gokula (Hindi: गोकुला) or Gokul Singh (Hindi: गोकुल सिंह) (died 1670 AD) was a Jat chieftain of Sinsini village in Bharatpur district (Hindi: भरतपुर) in Rajasthan, India. Gokula provided leadership to the Jat peasants who had the audacity to challenge the Imperial power.
Gokulchandra Nag Gokulchandra Nag (Bengali: গোকুলচন্দ্র নাগ) (1895-1925) was a Bengali writer and artist best known as one of the founding members of the Kallol literary group and circle. In 1921 along with Dineshranjan Das, Sunita Debi, and Manindralal Basu he formed the predecessor of Kallol, "The Four Arts Club".
Gol Gol, New South Wales Gol Gol is a small town in the far western region of New South Wales, Australia in Wentworth Shire. It is situated on the banks of the majestic Murray River, which forms part of the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria.
Gol Transportes Aéreos Gol Transportes Aéreos is a low-cost airline based in São Paulo, Brazil. Gol is the second largest airline in Brazil with 37% of the Brazilian domestic market and 11% of the international market as of August 2006.
Gola (ethnic group) The Gola or Gula are a tribal people living in western Liberia and parts of eastern Sierra Leone. The Gola language is part of the Southern branch of the West Atlantic language family; as of 1991, it is spoken by approximately 107,000 persons.
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