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Garganey The Garganey, Anas querquedula is a small dabbling duck. It breeds in much of Europe and western Asia, but is strictly migratory, with the entire population moving to Africa in winter, where large flocks can occur.
Gargantua (gorilla) Gargantua was a captive gorilla who became well-known because of his association with the Ringling Brothers circus. An acid scar on his face gave Gargantua a snarling, menacing expression, and the circus management attracted attention to him by emphasizing, in their publicity, his alleged hatred of humans.
Gargantua and Pantagruel Gargantua and Pantagruel is a connected series of five novels written in the 16th century by François Rabelais. It is the story of two giants, a father (Gargantua) and his son (Pantagruel) and their adventures, written in an amusing, extravagant, satirical vein.
Gargilesse-Dampierre Gargilesse-Dampierre is a small town and commune in the Indre département of France. It is classified as "one of the most beautiful villages of France" and is situated near the confluence of the Gargilesse stream and the river Creuse.
Gargling Gargling is a common method of cleansing the throat, especially if one has a sore throat or upper-respiratory virus or infection. The physical act of gargling usually requires that one tilts the head back, allowing a mouthful of liquid to sit in the upper throat.
Gargoyle In architecture, gargoyles (from the French gargouille, originally the throat or gullet, cf. Latin gurgulio, gula, and similar words derived from root gar, to swallow, the word representing the gurgling sound of water; Ital.
Gargoyle fish The gargoyle fish or small-eye rattail, Caelorinchus mirus, is a rattail of the genus Caelorinchus, found around southeast Australia and between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, at depths of between 130 and 800 m. Its length is between 20 to 35 cm.
Gargoyle Games Gargoyle Games was a British software company founded in 1983 by Roy Carter and Greg Follis in order to publish their first game, Ad Astra. They generally specialised in games for the ZX Spectrum even though the company was originally named with the intention of publishing games for Dragon computers.
Gargoyle's Quest II is a NES video game released by Capcom in October of 1992. Despite being the second game in the series, it is actually the prequel to Gargoyle's Quest for the Game Boy, and features a similar gameplay style, which combined RPG elements with side scrolling action.
Gargoyles (SLG comic) Gargoyles is a comic book produced by Slave Labor Graphics and Creature Comics starting in 2006. It continues the storyline of the animated television series Gargoyles and is written by series creator Greg Weisman.
Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken Gargoyles the Movie: The Heroes Awaken is a Disney direct-to-video animated film. The film is actually the five-episode pilot ("Awakening") of the animated television series Gargoyles edited into one long feature film, approximately 90 minutes in length.
Garhwal Division Garhwal, or Gurwal (Hindi: गढ़वाल ; , is a region and administrative division of Uttarakhand state, India, lying in the Himalayas. It is bounded on the north by Tibet, on the east by Kumaon region, on the south by Uttar Pradesh state, and on the west by Himachal Pradesh state.
Garia Garia is a suburb of Kolkata, India located in the southern parts of the city. It is bounded by Jadavpur to the north, Naktala to the west, Narendrapur to the south and the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the east.
Garibald Garibald was the young son of Grimoald I of Benevento, king of the Lombards, and Theodota, daughter of Aripert I. After his father's death in 671, he reigned briefly for three months until the numerous adherents of Perctarit, his uncle, who had been exiled by Grimoald nine years earlier, beseeched their candidate to return and elected him, deposing the young king.
Garibaldi (group) Garibaldi was a Mexican group of young men and women, wearing a very free version of the traditional charro costume while singing modern version of traditional songs, causing some controversy. The name Garibaldi comes from Plaza Garibaldi in Mexico City where mariachi bands can be found.
Garibaldi Lake Garibaldi Lake is a turquoise lake, located 37 km north of Squamish, 19 km south of Whister, British Columbia, Canada. The lake is part of the Garibaldi Provincial Park, which fectures mountains, trails, forests, flowers, meadows, waterfalls and is a wildlife protected area.
Garibaldi Provincial Park Garibaldi Provincial Park is a wilderness park located in British Columbia, Canada, about 70km north of Vancouver. The park is located to the east of the Sea to Sky Highway between Squamish and Whistler and covers an area of over 1,950 square kilometres (194,650 ha).
Garibaldi Ranges The Garibaldi Ranges are the next-to-southwesternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains; only the North Shore Mountains are farther south. They lie between the valley formed by the pass between the Cheakamus River and Green River on the west and the valley of the Lillooet River on the east, and extend south into the eastern suburbs of Vancouver.
Garibaldi Volcanic Belt The Garibaldi Volcanic Belt is a north-south range of volcanoes in southwestern British Columbia. It is the northern extension of the Cascades Volcanic Belt in the United States (which includes Mount Baker and Mount St.
Garibaldi Volcano Mount Garibaldi is an eroded stratovolcano in southwestern British Columbia. The eruptive history of Mount Garibaldi involves an initial period of volcanism (200,000-300,000 years ago) followed by a period of quiescence.
Gariep Dam The Gariep Dam was originally called the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam after the first Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd on its commission in 1971. However after the end of apartheid the name was considered unsuitable, and the name was officially changed to Gariep Dam on 4 October 1996.
Garifuna Garífuna is a Spanish term for the people and language of the Garínagu. The Garifuna are settled along the Caribbean Coast, in Belize, Guatemala (Livingston), and on the island of Roatán, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
Garifuna music Garifuna music is similarly different from the rest of Central America; the most famous form is punta. An evolved form of traditional music, still usually played using traditional instruments, punta has seen some modernization and electrification in the 1970s; this is called punta rock.
Garin de Monglane Garin de Monglane, or Montglane, the creation of Conrad von Stöffler in 1280, is a fictional aristocrat who gives his name to the second cycle of Old French chansons de geste, La Geste de Garin de Monglane. His cycle tells stories of fiefless lads of noble birth who went off seeking land and adventure fighting the Saracens.
Garin le Loherain The 12th century chanson de geste of Garin le Loherain is one of the fiercest and most sanguinary narratives left by the trouvères. This local cycle of Lorraine, which is completed by Hervis de Metz, Girbers de Metz, Ansis, fils de Girbert, and Von, is obviously based on history, and the failure absolutely to identify the events recorded does not deprive the poems of their value as a picture of the savage feudal wars of the 11th and 12th centuries.
Garland High School Garland High School, which was founded in 1903 (the official date, although the actual date is disputed), is the oldest of the district's high schools (and the best), having celebrated its 100-year anniversary in the 2001-2002 school year, although some evidence suggests that the school started in the late 1800s. The school celebrates its 70th anniversary at the current location (referring to the current building) in the 2006-2007 school year.
Garland Of Hours Garland Of Hours is a three-piece alternative rock group from Washington, DC that was founded by Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty and two DC-area musicians who made musical contributions either on Fugazi's recordings or in live performance, vocalist/cellist Amy Domingues and drummer/percussionist Jerry Busher.
Garland Sunday Garland Sunday, the last Sunday of the month of July, is celebrated by many thousands of people climbing Croagh Patrick (Cruach Phádraig), Ireland's holy mountain, in honour of Saint Patrick who, according to tradition, spent forty days fasting on the mountain in the mid-fifth century. In reality, the modern pilgrimage is a long-Christianised variation of a ritual that dates back to pre-Christian, pagan Celtic Ireland, celebrating the Festival of Lughnasadh.
Garley Building The Garley Building (traditional Chinese: 嘉利大廈) was a 15-storey commercial building in on Nathan Road, in Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It suffered a catastrophic fire on 20 November, 1996, with the loss of 41 lives and 80 injuries, the greatest from a building fire in Hong Kong during peacetime, and the most since the Happy Valley Racecourse fire prior to World War II.
Garlic Garlic (Allium sativum) is a perennial plant in the family Alliaceae and genus Allium, closely related to the onion, shallot, and leek. It grows in the wild in areas where it has become naturalised, but is thought to have originally arisen in cultivation, probably descended from the species Allium longicuspis, which grows wild in south-western Asia.
Garlic Belt The Garlic Belt is a humorous reference to the countries of Southern Europe, specifically France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal, usually by someone from Northern Europe. It refers superficially to their shared penchant for garlic in their cooking (absent in the North), but that is simply for humor; the grouping refers to a shared tendency toward political and economic similarities, which are probably due to shared histories.
Garlic fingers Garlic fingers is a Canadian dish, much similar to a pizza in shape and size, and made with the same type of dough. Instead of the traditional tomato sauce and toppings, it is garnished with melted butter, garlic and cheese.
Garlic chutney Garlic chutney, or belluli chutney is made from fresh garlic, dry or fresh coconut, groundnuts and red chile powder. It is used for cooking in many Indian (especially Maharashtra and northern Karnataka) and Pakistani homes.
Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers is a 1980 documentary film about garlic directed by Les Blank. In 2004, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Garlic knots Garlic knots are an appetizer found in many pizzerias around the world. They are usually made with pizza dough and garlic and/or garlic powder, and are sometimes topped with Parmesan cheese, oregano, and/or parsley.
Garlic Mustard Garlic mustard or Hedge garlic (Alliaria petiolata) is a flowering plant in the Mustard family, Brassicaceae. It is native to Europe, western and central Asia, and northwestern Africa, from Morocco, Iberia and the British Isles, north to northern Scandinavia, and east to northern India and western China (Xinjiang).
Garlic press A garlic press is a kitchen utensil designed to crush garlic cloves efficiently by forcing them through a grid of small holes, usually with some type of piston. Many garlic presses also have a device with a matching grid of blunt pins to clean out the holes.
Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures The Garma Festival of Traditional Culture is an annual festival that is held in north-east Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia. It is a celebration of the cultural inheritance of the Yolngu people.
Garment District, Manhattan The Garment District is a neighborhood of the New York City borough of Manhattan, located between Fifth and Ninth Avenues from 34th to 42nd Street. It has been known since the early 20th century as the center for fashion design and manufacturing in the United States.
Garmin Forerunner The Garmin Forerunner is a Global Positioning System (GPS) device designed primarily for use by recreational road runners. It is designed as an accurate, precise method of measuring distance, speed, time, altitude, and pace, all of which can be important to athletes in training for races.
Garmin G1000 The Garmin G1000 is an integrated cockpit manufactured by Garmin typically composed of two display units, one serving as a primary flight display, and one as a multi-function display. It serves as a replacement for most conventional flight instruments and avionics.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a market town, and the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. It is located at , in the Oberbayern region of Bavaria, Germany, only a handful of kilometers from the border with Austria.
Garmisch-Partenkirchen (district) Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a district in Bavaria, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the districts of Ostallgäu, Weilheim-Schongau and Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen, and by the Austrian state of Tyrol.
Garmo stave church Garmo stave church (Garmo stavkirke) is a stave church situated at Maihaugen, a buildings museum in Lillehammer, Norway. The church originally came from Lom and was built around 1150 on a site of a previous church believed to have been built in 1021 by a Viking chieftain.
Garmon' The garmon' () is a kind of Russian button accordion, a free-reed wind instrument. A garmon' has two rows of buttons on the right side, which play the notes of a diatonic scale, and at least two rows of buttons on the left side, which play the primary chords in the key of the instrument as well as its relative harmonic minor key.
Garn - St Germain Depository Institutions Act The Garn-St Germain Depository Institutions Act of 1982 was a United States federal law enacted in 1982 that deregulated the Savings and Loan industry. This deregulation was a major contributing factor in the subsequent Savings and Loan crisis in the late 1980s.
Garnedd Uchaf Garnedd Uchaf is a mountain in the Carneddau range in Snowdonia, Wales, and included in the Welsh 3000s. It lies between Foel Fras and Foel Grach, but is not always included in the Welsh 3000s, as its summit rises only slightly above the ridge.
Garnet Bailey Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey (June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001), was a Canadian professional hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams. He was murdered at age 53 in the crash of United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center in New York City, during the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Garnet Moon/Inori Garnet Moon is the first single from Japanese pop singer Hitomi Shimatani's fifth album, Heart&Symphony, and her seventeenth overall single. It's an upbeat, dark dance track, while the b-side, Inori, is an orchestral ballad.
Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania was founded in late 2006 by the removal of Boothwyn, Pennsylvania from Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. In order to distinguish itself from Upper Chichester Township, Pennsylvania, Garnet Valley contains residents that lived in Boothwyn, Bethel Township as well as Boothwyn, Concord Township.
Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley KP OM GCB GCMG VD PC (4 June 1833–25 March 1913) was a British army officer. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada, and widely in Africa - including his brilliantly executed Ashanti campaign (1873-74).
Garnet, Montana Garnet, Montana, located on Wallace Creek Road, a dirt road in Montana, United States, is an abandoned mining town from the 1860s. In First Chance Creek in western Montana, the town is at the edge of the high desert in the Front Range, but sheltered in a forest.
Garnett Adrain Garnett Bowditch Adrain (December 15, 1815 in New York City – August 17, 1878 in New Brunswick, New Jersey) was an American Democratic Party politician, who was a two-term member of the United States House of Representatives from New Jersey.
Garnett Brown Garnett Brown jazz trombonist who worked with The Crusaders, Herbie Hancock, Lionel Hampton, and others. He graduated from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and later studied film scoring and electronic music at UCLATrombones Online In 1974 he won the Down Beat Reader's poll for trombonist.
Garnett College Garnett College was a higher education college in London specialising in further and higher education lecturer training, offering training for lecturers in further and higher education colleges. Its main focus was on teaching towards post-graduate qualifications awarded by the Council for National Academic Awards (CNAA).
Garnett Kruger Garnett John-Peter Kruger (born 5 January 1977 in Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa) is a cricketer. Kruger started his first-class cricket career in 1997-98 for Eastern Province B, moving up to the A team in 1999-2000.
Garni Gorge The Garni Gorge is situated 23 km east of Yerevan, Armenia, just below the village with the same name, and is carved out by where the Goght river runs through. On a promontory above the gorge the 1st century AD Garni temple can be seen.
Garnierite Garnierite is the name for a green nickel ore which is found in pockets and fissures of weathered ultramafic rocks (serpentinite, dunite, peridotite). The name was given by Jules Garnier who firstly discovered it 1864 in New Caledonia.
Garnish (food) Garnish is a substance used primarily as an embellishment or decoration to a prepared food or drink item. It may also give added or contrasting flavor, but that is not its primary purpose, in contrast to a condiment which is primarily a flavour added to another food item.
Garo (tribe) The Garos are a tribe in Meghalaya, India, and Mymensingh, Bangladesh, who call themselves Achik. They are the second-largest tribe in Meghalaya after the Khasi and comprise about a third of the local population.
Garo Yepremian Garabed "Garo" Sarkis Yepremian (born June 2 1944) is a former National Football League placekicker. Yepremian played for the Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, New Orleans Saints, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers during a career that spanned from 1966 to 1981.
Garo, Ethiopia The Kingdom of Garo (also known as Bosha, after the name of its ruling dynasty) was a kingdom of the Sidama people on the periphery of the Gibe region of Ethiopia. The kingdom of Garo had definite borders to the north with Janjero, on the east was the Omo River, and on the south the Gojeb River separated Garo from the Kingdom of Kaffa.
Garou: Mark of the Wolves Garou: Mark of the Wolves is the latest game in the Fatal Fury series, set ten years after the death of Geese Howard in Real Bout Fatal Fury and in the aftermath of the Zero Cannon's destruction of Southtown in King of Fighters 2000. In what was considered to be the Fatal Fury equivalent to Street Fighter III, this game takes place a full generation later, and like SF3, discards many of the recurring characters in favor of new ones.
Garpon In Tibet a garpon is historically a local or regional Tibetan leader who has command and prominence over a district or area of Tibet. He is highly regarded by the people and respected as a governor although his power and authority is informal in a given area.
Garr Kelvin , or Woodrow Kelvin in Japan, is one of the main characters of the video game Tales of Destiny and a supporting character in its sequel, Tales of Destiny 2. He is the prince, later king, of the snowy kingdom of Phandaria, and is the first playable ally that protagonist meets.
Garrard Ardeneum Garrard Ardeneum (sometimes called the McAlester Arboretum in confusion with another arboretum of this name in Missouri), established 1990, is a combination of an arboretum and a museum with landscaped gardens and historical artifacts. It is located at 501 North 5th Street, McAlester, Oklahoma.
Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company The Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company was a British company which was famous for producing high-quality phonograph turntables. It was formed by the jewellers Garrard & Co in 1915 to create precision rangefinders, as they had the specialist equipment necessary.
Garret Anderson Garret Joseph Anderson (born June 30, 1972 in Los Angeles, California) is a Major League Baseball left fielder who has played his entire career for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is the franchise leader in games played, at-bats, hits, total bases, singles, doubles, extra-base hits, and RBI.
Garret D. Wall Garret Dorset Wall (March 10, 1783 - November 22, 1850) was a military officer and politician from New Jersey. Born in Middletown, he completed preparatory studies, studied law, was licensed as an attorney in 1804 and as a counselor in 1807, and commenced practice in Burlington, New Jersey.
Garret Dillahunt Garret Dillahunt (born November 24 1964 in Alameda, California) is an American actor who began his career on Broadway but later began pursuing film and television roles. He is notable for his portrayal of two distinct characters across the first two seasons on the HBO series Deadwood as Jack McCall and Francis Wolcott.
Garret FitzGerald Garret FitzGerald (Irish name: Gearóid Mac Gearailt) (born February 9, 1926) was the seventh Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland, serving two terms in office; July 1981 to February 1982, and December 1982 to March 1987. FitzGerald was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1965 and was subsequently elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael TD in 1969.
Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington Garret Wesley, 1st Earl of Mornington (9 July 1735–22 May 1781) was an Irish politician and composer, best known today for fathering several distinguished British politicians. He was born at the family estate of Dangan to Richard Wesley, 1st Baron Mornington and Elizabeth Sale.
Garreth Westwood Garreth John Westwood (born June 10, 1973) is a British-American legal consultant, independent scholar, and expert on nationality law. He is a leading advocate of legal informatics, spearheading the online delivery of niche legal services to a wider constituency (e.
Garrett A. Morgan Garrett Augustus Morgan March 4,1877, Paris, Kentucky - August 27, 1963, Cleveland, Ohio was an African American inventor who originated a respiratory protective hood, invented a hair-straightening preparation and patented a type of Traffic light traffic signal. He is renowned for a heroic rescue in which he used his hood to save workers trapped in a tunnel system filled with fumes.
Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 The Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 is a turboprop engine originally designed by AiResearch and now produced by Honeywell. It was designed to be both a turboshaft (TSE331) and a turboprop (TPE331), but the turboshaft version never went into production; however, over 14,000 TPE331s have been sold since the first engine was produced in 1963.
Garrett Hardin Garrett James Hardin (April 21, 1915 – September 14, 2003) was a leading and controversial ecologist from Dallas, Texas, who was most known for his 1968 paper, The Tragedy of the Commons. He is also known for Hardin's First Law of Ecology, which states "You cannot do only one thing".
Garrett Hill, Pennsylvania Garrett Hill is a community in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania approximately 10 miles northwest of Philadelphia. The geographic area is located in the portion of the Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania zip code that comprises Rosemont.
Garrett Hongo Garrett Hongo is a Japanese American poet born in Volcano, Hawaii in 1951. He has published two books with poetry collections: Yellow Light (1982) and The River of Heaven (1988) (Lamont Poetry Selection of The Academy of American Poets and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize).
Garrett Jones Garrett Jones was born in 1929 but still edits his own webpage at He began his professional career as a missionary but left the church in 1966 because he no longer wanted to advocate a credal faith - or any dogmatic ideology. This makes him an unlikely candidate for the designation 'religious figure' which appears below this entry.
Garrett Mattingly Garrett Mattingly (1900-1962) was a professor of European history at Columbia University, specializing in early modern diplomatic history. He won a Pulitzer Prize (special citation) in 1960 for The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, a work which chronicled the historic Spanish campaign against England.
Garrett Systems Garrett Engine Boosting Systems is now a subsidiary of Honeywell Corporation based in Torrance, California, USA. Formerly a turboprop engine manufacturer, Garrett manufactures turbocharger components for the automobile industry.
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary (G-ETS) is a graduate school of theology of the United Methodist Church located in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1853, Garrett-Evangelical, is on the campus of Northwestern University and continues many informal associations with the university.
Garrett, Spencer and Mitchell Gray Spencer, Garrett and Mitchell Gray (they used Fraye as their showbiz name in the DAYS credits) are a set of fraternal triplets born to Deanne and Vern Gray on March 4, 2000. They have played little Beauregard Isaac Theo "Zack" Brady on the soap opera Days of Our Lives from August 2001 until early 2006.
Garrianonum Garrianonum is a Roman fort near the village of Burgh Castle in Norfolk, one of several Roman forts that were built as a defence against Saxon raids up the rivers of the east and south coasts of southern Britain (the Saxon Shore). Its garrison consisted of a detachment of the elite troops of the Stablesian auxiliary cavalry.
Garrick Club The Garrick Club is a gentlemen's club in London. Founded in 1831, it moved to its present home on Garrick Street in 1864, and has a waiting list--one of the few Clubs with a genuine and long such list-- of candidates for membership.
Garrick Ohlsson Garrick Ohlsson (born April 3, 1948) in New York is an American classical pianist. He won first prize in the International Frederick Chopin Piano Competition in 1970, becoming the first American to win this prestigious award.
Garrick Theatre (Lichfield) Garrick Theatre is a theatre in Lichfield, England that was formed when the old Civic Hall was remodelled in 2002. In the remodelling a fly tower and orchestra pit were added to the main auditorium so the theatre could host bigger performances.
Garrick Utley Garrick Utley (November 19, 1939, Chicago, Illinois) is an American TV journalist. He established his career reporting about the Vietnam War and has the distinction of being the first full-time television correspondent covering the war there.
Garrido's Hutia Garrido's hutia is a critically endangered species that is found in the Greater Antillean moist forests Global 200 ecoregion. Its previous range is thought to have included small islands in the Banco de los Jardins y Jardinillos of the Canarreos Archipelago south of the Zapata Peninsula and east of the Isle of Youth.
Garridos (Santiago) Garridos (also in the Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK and the SĂŁo Vicente Crioulo) is a football (soccer) club that plays in the Santiago Island League North Zone in Cape Verde. The team is based in the town of Calheta de SĂŁo Miguel in the eastern part of the island of Santiago.
Garrigill Garrigill, Cumbria is a small village in the North Pennine region of the UK sitiuated on the banks and close to the source of the River South Tyne. It is within the Garriglll ward of the civil parish of Alston Moor within the district of Eden.
Garrigue Garrigue is a type of low, soft-leaved scrubland found around the Mediterranean Basin, generally near the seacoast. Garrigue, which is a French term, is the most common term for such shrublands, which are known as phrygana in Greece, tomillares in Spain, and batha in Israel.
Garrison Garrison (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base. The station is usually a city, town, fort, castle or similar.
Garrison Creek Garrison Creek was a short creek about 6 kilometres long, that flowed southeast into the west side of Toronto Harbour in Ontario, Canada. It has been largely covered over and filled in, but geographical traces of the creek can still be found.
Garrison Dam Garrison Dam is an earth-embankment dam on the Missouri River in North Dakota, and is the fifth-largest earthen dam in the world Construction on the $294 million dam project began in 1947] and closure of the embankment occurred in April [[1953. Earthwork was completed in the fall of 1954 by the U.
Garrison Hearst Gerald Garrison Hearst (born January 4, 1971) is a former NFL running back who last played for the NFL's Denver Broncos in 2004. He had previously played for the Phoenix and Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals, and San Francisco 49ers.
Garrison Library The Garrison Library was founded in Gibraltar in 1793 by Colonel John Drinkwater and officially opened in 1804 by the Duke of Kent. The library serves as the head quarters and archive service of the Gibraltar Chronicle, the world's second oldest English language newspaper.
Garrison Machinjili Garrison Machinjili is a Zimbabwean sculptor. He has been working at the Chapungu Sculpture Park since 1989, and has collaborated with many contemporary Zimbabwean sculptors, such as Charles Backford and Benard Nkanjo.
Garrison Point Garrison Point near the junction of Georges River and Prospect Creek is a historically significant parkland. In 1795, Matthew Flinders, and George Bass, and the boy servant William Martin explored the Georges River to land at what is now Garrison Point and discover the what is now part of Bankstown.
Garrison Point Fort Garrison Point Fort was built on the recommendations of the Royal Commission report in the 1860s opposite Grain Fort to control the entrance to the Medway, Kent. It originally contained 36 Rifled Muzzle Loaders with calibres from 9in to 12in.

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