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Guli Danda Guli Danda is a game resembling a simplified form of cricket played in rural areas of the Indian Sub-Continent by boys and young men. Equipment consists of two wooden sticks, the Guli (equivalent to a cricket ball), a small stick up to eight inches in length and the Danda (equivalent to a cricket bat), a larger stick up to a yard in length.
Gulina Gulina is one of the 31 woredas in the Afar Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Administrative Zone 4, Gulina is located near the base of the eastern escarpment of the Ethiopian highlands, and bordered on the south by Ewa, on the west by the Amhara Region, on the north by Yalo, and on the east by Aura.
Gulistan District Gulistan, also transliterated as Golestan (Persian: گلستان), is a district in Farah Province, Afghanistan. Its population, which is approximately 80% Pashtun with a Tajik minority, was estimated at 53,780 in October 2004.
Gulistan Treaty Gulistan Treaty of 1813 (also written Golestan, Gulestan, and Golistan), was a peace treaty between imperial Russia and Qajarid Persia, signed on October 24 (November 5) in a village of Gulestan in Karabakh at the end of the first Russo-Persian Wars (1804-1813). (29 Shawal 1228 on the Islamic Lunar Calendar).
Gulistan-e-Jauhar Gulistan-e-Jauhar (also Gulistan-e-Johar; Urdu: گلستانِ جوهر) is one of the major neighbourhoods of Gulshan Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan and comes under the jurisdiction of UC10 Pehlwan Goth and Faisal Cantonment. It is surrounded by Gulshan-e-Iqbal on the North and West ends, Faisal Cantonment on the South, Malir Cantonment on the East and Jinnah International Airport on the South-East.
Gull Island, Newfoundland and Labrador Gull Island is a small fishing community on the north side of Conception Bay on the Bay de Verde Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is bound on the north by Burnt Point and on the south by Northern Bay.
Gull Lake, Saskatchewan Gull Lake is a small town west of Swift Current situated on the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway and Saskatchewan Highway 37. It is best identified by the various wind turbines that can be seen in the distance while driving along the Trans-Canada Highway.
Gullah The Gullah are African Americans who live in the Low Country region of South Carolina and Georgia, which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands. Historically, the Gullah region once extended north to the Cape Fear area on the coast of North Carolina and south to the vicinity of Jacksonville on the coast of Florida; but today the Gullah area is confined to the South Carolina and Georgia Low Country.
Gullah Gullah Island Gullah, Gullah Island (1994-1998) was a children's television series created by Mallory Schram shown on the Nick Jr. cable television network and the first show designed for preschoolers to feature an African American family.
Gullah Jack Gullah Jack, also known as Couter Jack, was a Methodist, an African conjurer, and a slave to Paul Pritchard in Charleston, South Carolina. Gullah Jack is historically known for aiding a free black man named Denmark Vesey at planning a large slave rebellion that would become known as Denmark Vesey's slave conspiracy in 1822.
Gullane Gullane is a small village on the east coast of Scotland, on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It is the home of Muirfield golf course, which has hosted the British Open on numerous occasions, most recently in 2002.
Gullinkambi In Norse mythology, Gullinkambi ("golden comb") was a rooster who lived in Valhalla, where he woke up the Einherjar every morning. His crowing will also signify the beginning of Ragnarok (the Apocalypse).
Gulliver Mickey Gulliver Mickey is a black and white Mickey Mouse short, produced by Walt Disney and released by United Artists in 1934. It retells the Liliput sequences of Gulliver's Travels ending with Mickey saving the town from a giant spider.
Gulliver's Kingdom Gulliver's Kingdom (also known as Gulliver's Matlock Bath) is a Theme park aimed at children aged 3 to 13 in the Derbyshire, England town of Matlock Bath. Founded in 1978 and owned to this day by the Phillips family, the park now has two sister parks; Gulliver's World in Warrington and Gulliver's Land in Milton Keynes, which opened in 1989 and 1999 respectively.
Gulliver's Travels (1939 film) Gulliver's Travels is a 1939 cel-animated Technicolor feature film, directed by Dave Fleischer and produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios. The film was released during the holiday season of 1939 by Paramount Pictures, who had the feature produced as an answer to the success of Walt Disney's box-office success Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
Gullveig Gullveig (seemingly "gold drink" or "gold might") is, in Norse mythology, a mysterious goddess or giantess who became the igniting source for the War of the Gods. She is said have been burned three times in Odin's hall, to have been three times born, and to live yet as a seeress performing dark magic.
Gully emptier A gully emptier is a type of specialized tanker-lorry with suction gear which can suck wastewater and mud and sludge out of hollows such as the hollows below drain grids in street gutters and carry it to a suitable disposal point. It needs to be able to suck out and pump through into its tank any road grit and miscellaneous solids that have got into the hollow.
Gulmi District Gulmi district, a part of Lumbini zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Tamghas as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,149 sq km and has a population (2001) of 296,654.
Gulmit Gulmit is the headquarter of the Gojal Tehsil, in the upper Hunza region of the Gilgit territory in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. Before 1974, when Hunza was a state, Gulmit used to be the Summer Capital of the state.
Gulnara Karimova Gulnara Islamovna Karimova (Гульнара Исламовна Каримова) (born circa 1973) is the daughter of President Islam Karimov of Uzbekistan. She serves as an Advisor to the Ambassador of Uzbekistan in Russia and is believed to have built an extensive business empire that includes the largest wireless telephone operator in Uzbekistan, night clubs, and a large cement factory.
Gulnara Mashurova Gulnara Mashurova is a native of Kazakhstan and a graduate of Moscow Conservatory. She earned her bachelor and master’s degrees at the Juilliard School and in 1994, she was a finalist in the World International Harp Competition in Wales.
Gulnara Silbayeva Gulnara Silbayeva (Rus: Гульнара Сильбаева) (born September 22 1986 in Uralsk, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh singer who rose to popularity after placing tenth in SuperStar KZ, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol, shown by Perviy Kanal Evraziya.
Gulomahda Gulomahda is one of the 36 woredas in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraqawi Zone, Gulomahda is bordered on the south by Ganta Afeshum, on the west by the Mehakelegnaw (Central) Zone, on the north by Eritrea, and on the east by Irob.
Gulon The Gulon is a Scandinavian legend, also known as a "Jerff" in Sweden and "Vielfras" in Germany. It is a hodgepodge of various creatures, usually described as being the size and shape of a dog, with some catlike features such as the head, ears, and claws.
Gulou and Zhonglou Gulou, the drum tower of Beijing, is situated at the northern end of the central axis of the Inner City to the north of Di’ anmen Street. Originally built for musical reasons it was later used to announce the time and is now a tourist attraction.
Gulpa, New South Wales Gulpa is a village community in the central south part of the Riverina and situated about 20 kilometres south from Deniliquin and 14 kilometres north from Mathoura. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 154 people.
Gulper shark The gulper shark, Centrophorus granulosus, is a large common deep-water dogfish. Gulper sharks have no anal fin, two dorsal fins with spines, a long, broad snout, widely spaced flat denticles, and angular, extended pectoral fins.
Gulshan (Dhaka) Gulshan () is arguably the most posh and luxurious area of Dhaka], the capital of [[Bangladesh. It is also the name of a neighborhood in Karachi, Pakistan, and an Indian restaurant in Swansea, UK and also in Fleet, Hampshire (UK).
Gulu Gulu is the commercial and administrative centre of Gulu District in Uganda, located at 2Ëš46'00N 32Ëš16'00E, on the railway from Tororo to Pakwach. It is the second-largest town by population in the country, with a population of 119,430 (2002 census).
Gulu District Gulu is a district in northern Uganda, taking its name from its commercial centre, the town of Gulu. It is one of three districts forming the historical homeland of the Acholi ethnic group, also known as Acholiland.
Gulu Walk Gulu Walk is an initiative started by two Canadians to highlight the plight of Acholi children in northern Uganda who trek each night to town centers in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader – for fear of being maimed, raped, abducted or even killed by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel paramilitary group that has been operating in northern Uganda since 1987.
Gulvain Gulvain is a 55-ft ocean-racing sloop named after the mountain Gaor Bheinn (or "Gulvain"). Designed by Jack Laurent Giles for Jack Rawlings, she was based on the earlier boats Maid of Malham and Myth of Malham.
Gulval Gulval is a village in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Although historically a parish in its own right, Gulval was incorporated into the parishes of Penzance, Madron and Ludgvan in 1934, and like Heamoor, is now considered to be a suburb of Penzance.
Gulyásleves Gulyásleves is a typical Hungarian soup, made of beef, paprika and various other ingredients. It originates from the cattlemen ("gulyás" = Hungarian cowboy; "leves"= soup) who tended their herds in the Great Hungarian Plain, known as the "Alföld" in Hungarian.
Gulzarilal Nanda Gulzarilal Nanda () (July 4, 1898 - January 15, 1998) was an Indian politician. He was the acting Prime Minister of India twice; once after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and again in 1966 after Lal Bahadur Shastri's death.
Gulzhana Karagusova Gulzhana Dzhanpeisovna Karagusova () has served as the Minister of Labor and Social Protection in the Government of Kazakhstan since 2001.Republic of Kazakstan/Qazaqstan RespublikasĂŻ/Kazakhstan Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership She is a speaker for Kazakhstan's Economic Forum.
Gum (crater) Gum is a lunar crater that is located near the southeastern limb of the Moon, and is viewed nearly from the side from Earth. It lies along the western edge of the irregular Mare Australe, to the northeast of Hamilton crater.
Gum anima Gum anima, or anima, in pharmacy, is a kind of gum or resin, whereof there are two kinds, western and eastern. The first flows from an incision in a tree around Central America, called Courbati; it is transparent, and of a color similar to frankincense.
Gum arabic Gum arabic, a natural gum also called gum acacia, is a substance that is taken from two sub-Saharan species of the acacia tree, Acacia senegal and Acacia seyal. It is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer, but has had more varied uses in the past, including viscosity control in inks.
Gum base Gum base is the non-nutritive, non-digestible, water-insoluble masticatory delivery system used to carry sweeteners, flavors and any other desired substances in chewing gum and bubble gum. It provides all the basic textural and masticatory properties of gum.
Gum graft A gum graft is a generic name for multiple periodontal procedures that all aim to cover an area of severe gum recession with grafted gum tissue. The purpose of covering the exposed root is not only cosmetic, but also to prevent further recession and tooth decay.
Gum industry Two multi-national companies, Wrigley and Cadbury, together account for some 60% market share of the world-wide chewing gum market. The global market shares for the top 5 chewing gum companies are estimated to be:
Gum Nebula Gum Nebula (Gum 12) is an emission nebula that can be found in the southern constellations Vela and Puppis. Hard to distinguish, it is believed to be the greatly expanded (and still expanding) remains of a supernova that took place about a million years ago.
Gum over platinum Gum over platinum is a historical chemical photographic process, which was commonly used in art photography. It is a very complex process, in which a specially-treated platinum print photograph is coated with washes of gum arabic, then re-exposed to the same photographic negative.
Gum rockrose The Gum Rockrose (Cistus ladanifer) is a species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae. It is a native of the western Mediterranean region, growing wild from southern France to Portugal and in north-west Africa.
Gumaca, Quezon The Municipality of Gumaca (Filipino: Bayan ng Gumaca) is a second class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 60,191 people in 12,199 households.
Gumball (band) Gumball were the highest-profile occupation of indie gadabout and Don Fleming, already a veteran of several bands, a guest collaborator for many more, and a significant producer who -- ironically -- helped shepherd alternative rock into its major-label boom years.
Gumbat Seni Gumbat, also known as Gumbat, is one of the largest towns in Kohat District, North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Pakistan. It is situated in a valley on both sides of Kohat to Rawalpindi Road at a distance of approximately 25 km from Kohat.
Gumbay Piang Born in 1910 to the Moro leader Datu Piang, Datu Gumbay Piang was trained as a pedagogist at the (then US Administered) Philippine Normal School in Manila. Gumbay worked his way through the bureaucracy where he served for different school boards of his province.
Gumbo Gumbo is a spicy, hearty stew or soup, found typically on the Gulf of Mexico in the United States, and very common in Louisiana and the Lowcountry around Charleston, South Carolina. It is eaten year round, but is usually found during the colder months.
Gumby Gumby is a green clay humanoid figure who was the subject of a series of American television shows totaling 223 episodes over a 35 year period, animated using stop motion clay animation. The show also featured Pokey, a red clay horse, and Gumby's nemeses, the Block-heads.
Gumer Gumer is one of the 77 woredas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Gurage Zone, Gumer is bordered on the south by the Hadiya Zone, on the west by Enemorina Eaner, on the northwest by Cheha, on the north by Ezhana Wolene, on the northeast by Meskanena Mareko, and on the east by Silte.
Gumeracha, South Australia Gumeracha (pronounced , "gumma-racka") (; postcode 5233) is a town near Adelaide, South Australia, located on the Adelaide-Mannum Road. It is located in the Adelaide Hills Council local government area.
Gumi Gumi is a city in Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea. It is located on the Nakdong River, half way between Daegu and Gimcheon, it lies on the Gyeongbu Expressway and Gyeongbu Line railway which run between Seoul and Busan.
Gummarus Saint Gummarus was the son of the Lord of Emblem. He received no formal education, but served in the court of Pippin the Younger until he left to serve in Pepin's army, serving eight years in the field in Lombardy, Saxony, and the Aquitaine.
Gummer's How Gummer's How is a hill in the southern part of the Lake District, on the eastern shore of Windermere, near its southern end. Although a relatively small hill (321 metres above sea level) by the standards of the Lake District, it is the highest of the foothills in the area, and commands excellent views, particularly along Windermere, but also across to the Coniston fells and the central fells, as well as the broad panorama of Morecambe Bay; it arguably has the best panoramic view of south Lakeland.
Gummite Gummite is a yellow amorphous mineral, a mixture of uranium minerals, oxides, silicates, hydrates and hydrous oxides of uranium, derived from the alteration of uraninite. It is named for its gum-like consistance.
Gummo Marx Milton Marx (October 23, 1893 - April 21, 1977), known as Gummo, was one of the Marx Brothers. Born in New York City, he worked with his brothers on Vaudeville, but left the act when he was drafted into the army during World War I.
Gummy shark The gummy shark, Mustelus antarcticus, is a shark in the family Triakidae, It is a slender grey shark with white spots along the body and flat plate-like teeth for crushing its prey witha maximim length between 157 cm (male) and 175 cm (female). It feeds on crustaceans, marine worms, small fish and cephalopods.
Gumnaam Gumnaam (Urdu for "unknown" or "anonymous") is a 1965 Bollywood film directed by Raja Nawathe and starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Helen and Mehmood. The plot is an uncredited adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel And Then There Were None, and the title song Gumnaam hai borrows (again uncredited) from Henry Mancini's theme tune from the Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn movie Charade.
Gumstix Gumstix is a US-based technology company that designs, builds and sells full function miniature computers and related products to customers in over sixty (60) countries around the world. The company is focused primarily on the network computer, Product Design, digital telephony and robotics markets.
Gumti River, Tripura Gumti River originates from Dumbur in the northeastern hilly region of Tripura state of India. From its source it flows about 150 km along a meandering course through the hills, turns west and enters Bangladesh near Katak Bazar (Comilla Sadar).
Gumtree Gumtree is a network of free online classifieds and community websites in the UK, Ireland, Poland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. The main categories are flat / house share and for rent, goods for sale, community, friends and partners, jobs and business services.
GumTree GumTree is an open source scientific workbench for performing scientific experiments under a distributed network environment. It provides a multi-platform graphical user interface for instrument data acquisition, online or offline data visualisation and analysis.
Gumuz Gumuz (also spelled Gumaz) is an ethnic group living in the Benishangul-Gumaz Region and the Qwara woreda of Ethiopia, as well as the Fazogli region of Sudan; they number about 100,000. In the past, they have been lumped with other peoples living along the Sudanese-Ethiopian border under the name of Shanqella.
Gun A gun is a common name given to a device that fires high-velocity projectiles. The projectile, its caliber, or diameter, usually designated in fractions of an inch or in millimeters, is fired through a hollow tube known as the gun's barrel.
Gun (Firearm) laws in the United States (by state) Many US states have legislated gun (firearm) laws, independent of existing federal firearms laws. Some have also created so-called assault weapon bans that are independent of, though often similar to, the expired federal assault weapons ban.
Gun (song) "Gun" is the third track from Soundgarden's 1989 album Louder Than Love. It was written by frontman Chris Cornell and is notable for it's unusual 5/4 time signature and variable tempo, which speeds up over the course of the first two verses, reaches a steady pace for the guitar solo (where the time signature changes to 4/4), then slows to the original tempo for the final verse, again in 5/4.
Gun (staff) The Chinese word Gun () refers to a long Chinese staff weapon used in Chinese martial arts. It is known as one of the four major weapons, along with the Qiang (spear), Dao (sabre), and the Jian (sword), called in this group "The Grandfather of all Weapons".
Gun culture The gun culture is one shared by people on one of two sides in the gun politics debate, generally those who advocate preserving gun rights and who are against more gun control. In most countries, the term is used solely to identify gun advocates who are legitimate and legal owners and users of guns, using guns for self defense, sporting uses (hunting), and target shooting.
Gun Club Hill Barracks Gun Club Hill Barracks (槍會山兵房 or 槍會山軍營) are barracks in King's Park, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was the camp of British Army during British rule in Hong Kong and after 1st July 1997 it is garrisoned by People's Liberation Army.
Gun dog Gundogs, also called bird dogs, are a category of dog breeds developed to assist hunters to find and retrieve game, usually birds. Gundogs are divided into three primary classes: Retrievers, flushing spaniels, and pointing breeds.
Gun drill Gun drills are straight fluted drills which allow coolant (either compressed air or a suitable liquid) to be directed through the drill's body, directly to the cutting face. They are used for deep drilling of which gun barrels are the obvious example.
Gun fu The name Gun fu may mean one of several different things. It may be a mis-pronunciation of Kung Fu or Gung Fu; it may refer to Gun Fu - Animal Fighting Styles martial art from the Pacific Northwest; it may refer to the Howard Shum comic book, or it may refer to the fictional firearms based martial art as featured in movies.
Gun Fu - Animal Fighting Styles Gun Fu is a contemporary martial art first formalized by Isidro Archibeque in the late 1970's in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. It is a philosophy driven blend of the various traditional martial arts that he had learned, as well as utilizing his own concepts of Animal Fighting for self-defense and technique categorization.
Gun hybrids According to the book "Weapontry An Illustrated History" by Chuck Wills, in the late 16th century until the advances in the repeating firearms in the mid 19th century, blades or clubs were often fitted onto guns, because only one shot could be fired from the gun, then, without a melee weapon attachment, it became useless at close range defence. Some of the first included the German Ax-Pistol, made in the central european reagion of silesia, this weapon combined a flintlock pistol with a battle ax.
Gun Hill Road (IRT Dyre Avenue Line) Gun Hill Road is a station on the IRT Dyre Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Gun Hill Road and Seymour Avenue in the Baychester section of The Bronx, it is served by the train at all times.
Gun Hill Road (IRT White Plains Road Line) Gun Hill Road is an elevated station on the IRT White Plains Road Line of the New York City Subway. Located in the Bronx at the intersection of Gun Hill and White Plains Roads, it is served by the train (all times), and by the train (rush hours in the peak direction).
Gun mantlet A gun mantlet on an armoured fighting vehicle is an armour plate or shield attached to the vehicle's main gun or machine gun, protecting the opening through which the weapon barrel projects from the hull or turret armour.
Gun myths in popular culture Throughout the years, movies and television have taken liberties with reality in the interest of good visuals and larger than life characters. The effects of these special effects and the tendency for humans to believe what they see have created a multitude of myths regarding firearms.
Gun pod A gun pod is a detachable pod or pack containing machine guns or automatic cannon, mounted externally on a vehicle such as a military aircraft. Gun pods may be mounted to supplement the vehicle's integral guns, or to add gun armament to a vehicle that has no guns.
Gun politics The term gun politics refers to the various public policy debates surrounding the freedom or restriction (gun rights versus gun control) of private ownership and usage of firearms, and to what extent such policy influences crime, capacity for self-defense, and the balance of power between the individual and the state.
Gun politics in Canada Gun politics in Canada is controversial, though less contentious than it is in the United States. The history of gun control in Canada dates from the early days of Confederation, when Justices of the Peace could impose penalties for carrying a handgun without reasonable cause.
Gun politics in Finland In Finland there are over two million licensed firearms (which is more per capita than in US) and an estimated quarter of a million unlicensed firearms. According to the Finnish Ministry of the Interior, firearms are present in approximately one-quarter of Finnish homes, with most being long firearms (rifles and shotguns) licensed for hunting.
Gun politics in Mexico The United Mexican States or Mexico (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos or MĂ©xico) has some of the strictest gun laws in the world. It is in many ways similar to the United Kingdom, except with much more severe prison terms for even the smallest gun law violations.
Gun politics in South Africa In South Africa, owning a gun is conditional on a competency test and several other factors, including background checking of the applicant, inspection of an owners premises, and licensing of the weapon by the police introduced in June 2004.
Gun politics in the United Kingdom Gun politics in the United Kingdom, in similarity with gun politics in Australia, places its main considerations on how best to ensure public safety and how deaths involving firearms can most effectively be prevented. There is practically no organised "right to keep and bear arms" lobby in the United Kingdom, and little debate between pro-gun control and pro-shooting advocates.
Gun politics in the United States Gun politics is an especially contentious topic in the United States. The degree to which firearms can or should be regulated has long been debated, and disagreements range from the practical — does gun ownership cause or prevent crime?
Gun Quarter The Gun Quarter is the name given to an area of the city of Birmingham, in England, traditionally (and still) associated with the manufacture of firearms and sporting guns. The area is to the north of the city centre, bounded by Steelhouse Lane, Shadwell Street and Loveday Street.
Gun show A gun show is a temporary exhibition or gathering where guns, gun parts, gun accessories, ammunition, and gun literature, as well as knives, jerky, and miscellaneous collectibles are displayed, bought, sold, and discussed (subject to regulations.) Gun shows also often include exhibitions related to various types of hunting and the preparation and preservation of wild game for consumption.
Gun truck A gun truck is an improvised military armoured vehicle, based on a conventional cargo truck that is able to carry a large weight of weapons and armour. They have poor off-road performance so have mainly been used by regular armies to escort military convoys in regions subject to ambush by guerrilla forces.
Gun violence in the United States Gun violence in the United States is associated with the majority of homicides and over half the suicides, and two-thirds of non-fatal violent injuries. It is a significant public concern, especially in urban areas and in conjunction with youth activity and gang violence.
Gun War The Gun War was an 1880-1881 conflict in the British territory of Basutoland (present-day Lesotho) in Southern Africa, fought between Cape Colony forces and rebellious Basotho chiefs over tribal rights. Although officially considered a stalemate, the final settlement favored the Basotho and is thus considered a marginal defeat of the British Empire.
Gun-type fission weapon Gun-type fission weapons are fission-based nuclear weapons whose design assembles their fissile material into a supercritical mass by the use of the "gun" method: shooting one piece of sub-critical material into another. Although this is sometimes pictured as two sub-critical hemispheres shot together to make a supercritical sphere, typically a core is shot into a ring-shaped receptor (such that the core cannot pass through the ring but gets stuck, and such that the combination has a compact shape).
Guna The Sanskrit word guna () has the basic meaning of "string" or "a single thread or strand of a cord or twine". In more abstract uses, it may mean "a subdivision, species, kind", and generally "quality".
Gunasagaran Gounder Gunasagaran Gounder is a Fijian medical doctor and politician of Indian descent. From 2001 to 2006, he represented the Nadi Rural Indian Communal Constituency, one of 19 reserved for Indo-Fijians, which he held for the Fiji Labour Party (FLP) in the parliamentary elections of 2001 with almost 69 percent of the vote.
Gunaseelam Vishnu Temple It is a famous Vishnu temple near Trichi, India. An unsual thing about this temple is that mentally challenged people are taken to the temple and kept around it for years, in the hope that God will cure the illness.
Gunbar, New South Wales Gunbar is in the Riverina district of south-western New South Wales in Australia, on a wide bend of the Mid-Western Highway between Goolgowi and Hay.  It is part of the Carrathool Shire local government area, administered from Goolgowi.
Gunbatsu Gunbatsu (Japanese: 軍閥; Gumbatsu, more phonetically) is a Japanese language term for the military establishment of Japan up to World War II. That is, it covers: the Imperial Japanese forces, which were divided into the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Army, often with incompatible ideas; the military men who increasingly from the 1920s entered politics; some close allies tied by family connection or stakes in industries concerned with military procurement; and nationalist followers, supporters in security services, and more shadowy connections through the web of think tank and secret society organisations that grew up in the difficult economic climate of the 1920s and 1930s.
Gunboat diplomacy In international politics, gunboat diplomacy refers to the pursuit of foreign policy objectives with the aid of conspicuous displays of military power—implying or constituting a direct threat of warfare, should terms not be agreeable to the superior force.

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