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GUD GUD is an Australian comedic music based trio including Paul McDermott, Cameron Bruce and Mick Moriarty. The Name GUD, is supposedly a pun of the way Americans say "GOD", after watching the Oscars and noticing it often sounds like "Thank you GUD".
GUCH GUCH is a acronym for Grown Ups with Congenital Heart defects. Adults with congenital heart defects is a group of patients which is fast growing in numbers, due to advances in cardiac surgery and intensive care in the 1970s and 80s.
GUI software testing In computer science, GUI software testing is the process of testing graphical user interface-based software to ensure it meets its written specifications. This is normally done through the use of a variety of test cases.
GUID Partition Table GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. It is a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) standard proposed by Intel as a replacement for the outdated PC BIOS, one of the few remaining relics of the original IBM PC.
GUIDO music notation GUIDO Music Notation is a computer music notation named after Guido of Arezzo, a renowned music theorist of his time and important contributor to today's conventional musical notation. The GUIDO Music Notation Format is a system designed to logically represent all aspects of music in a computer-readable format.
GUMIL Filipinas GUMIL Filipinas (Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas) or Ilokano Writers Association of the Philippines, is one of the most active group of regional writers in the Philippines. It has hundreds of active writer-members in provincial and municipal chapters as well as in overseas chapters in the mainland U.
GUMPS GUMPS is a widely used acronym used by airplane pilots as a mental before-landing checklist to ensure nothing critical has been forgotten before landing. Its popularity is widespread, appearing in flight student curriculum, FAA publications, aviation magazines.
GUNNM: Gaiden GUNNM: Gaiden is a Japanese manga by Yukito Kishiro containing three separate side stories for GUNNM, known as Battle Angel Alita in English. The stories were first published in Ultra Jump magazine in 1997, but have also been printed in the GUNNM Complete Collection Japanese special editions of GUNNM.
GURPS 4e Fantasy GURPS Fantasy is a Genre Toolkit source book for the fourth edition of the GURPS Role-playing game. It covers creation of many different types of Fantasy settings include High and Low, Dark and Light, Swords and Sorcery, and Myth.
GURPS 4e Lite GURPS Lite is a 32-page introduction to the rules of the GURPS role-playing game based on the core rules in the GURPS 4e Basic Set (mainly Characters). It includes basic character creation with advantages, disadvantages, skills and equipment, as well as some rules for playing.
GURPS Atomic Horror GURPS Atomic Horror is a supplement for the Third Edition of the GURPS role-playing game, first published by Steve Jackson Games in 1993 and subsequently revised. Written by Paul Elliott and Chris McCubbin, Atomic Horror is a sourcebook for running GURPS campaigns inspired by B-grade science fiction and horror movies of the 1950s.
GURPS Autoduel GURPS Autoduel is the GURPS genre toolkit book which details the post-apocalyptic world of one of SJG's other popular games, Car Wars. In this setting (by tradition, fifty years ahead of the current time), characters are involved in autoduelling: combat in armed and armored motor vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, or semis.
GURPS Banestorm Banestorm, written by Phil Masters and Jonathan Woodward released October 2005, is setting sourcebook for the fourth edition of the GURPS Role-playing game. It details a fantasy setting called Yrth that has been updated from older GURPS Fantasy source books.
GURPS Bio-Tech GURPS Bio-Tech is a GURPS sourcebook written by David Pulver and David Morgan-Mar on the subject of futuristic biotechnology. The second edition contains two outlines for campaign settings (Alexander Atanatos and Draconis) but is primarily focused on providing rules and examples of devices that Game Masters could adapt for use in their own campaigns.
GURPS Black Ops A sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game, Black Ops is a setting that has our planet under threat from various alien, supernatural and other monstrous powers. The clandestine agency (not bound to any one country) that protect the world (who, generally, is blissfully ignorant) from these threats is simply called the Company.
GURPS Cabal GURPS Cabal (ISBN 1-55634-429-5) is a soft-bound book written by Kenneth Hite and published in 2001 by Steve Jackson Games as a customizable campaign setting for the GURPS role-playing game system. It depicts a modern-day secret society composed of vampires, lycanthropes and sorcerers who study the underlying principles of magic and visit other planes of existence.
GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is a sourcebook for an alternate world-themed role-playing game based in a fictional bar/space nexus that was created by Spider Robinson in his novel Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The GURPS source book was written by Chris W.
GURPS Cyberpunk GURPS Cyberpunk (ISBN 1-55634-168-7) is a sourcebook for a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game based in a fictional, near-future dystopia, such as that envisioned by William Gibson in his influential novel Neuromancer. Written by Loyd Blankenship and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1990, it is a part of the extensive (3rd-edition) GURPS "generic" roleplaying system.
GURPS Discworld GURPS Discworld is a role-playing game sourcebook set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy universe, and using the GURPS rules. It was written by Phil Masters, with Pratchett, and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1998.
GURPS Horseclans GURPS Horseclans is a role-playing worldbook, one of the first that was published for the GURPS game system. Horseclans was a science fiction series by Robert Adams, set in a North America that had been thrown back to a medieval level by a nuclear war.
GURPS Ice Age GURPS Ice Age is a sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game that includes rules and setting material for games that are set in the time of prehistoric man. Ice Age also introduced a system of rules for shamanic magic.
GURPS Illuminati University GURPS Illuminati University (1995) (ISBN 1-55634-206-3), also called GURPS IOU, is a 128-page softbound campaign setting sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game. The authors are Elizabeth McCoy and Walter Milliken; the illustrations are by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio.
GURPS Magic GURPS Magic is a source book for the GURPS Role-playing game from Steve Jackson Games that provides in depth coverage of magic in the context of GURPS. The rules expand on the magic system outlined in the Basic Set, and provide alternative forms of magic for GMs to use.
GURPS Martial Arts GURPS Martial Arts is a source book for the GURPS role-playing game, published by Steve Jackson Games in 2006. "GURPS Martial Arts" also includes new Skills, Advantages, Disadvantages, Maneuvers, Styles, and Weapons for GURPS, as well as history on the Martial Arts, many pre-made Martial Arts characters, and some ideas for Martial Arts campaigns.
GURPS Middle Ages I Written by Graeme Davis and published by Steve Jackson Games in 2002, GURPS Middle Ages I is a sourcebook for running a Middle Ages themed GURPS campaign. It is a part of the extensive GURPS "generic" roleplaying system.
GURPS Mixed Doubles GURPS Mixed Doubles is a collection of characters intended for use with the GURPS role-playing game accessory Supers. Each character entry in the book is paired with another one, often with an enemy or a rival, but sometimes with a partner, a relative and, in two cases, lovers.
GURPS Mysteries "GURPS Mysteries" is a source book for the GURPS Role-playing game. It is an online PDF and POD release that covers creating and running mystery based adventures and campaigns, crime scenes, and advanced rules for questioning and interrogating NPCs.
GURPS Planet of Adventure Planet of Adventure is a setting sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game system describing a distant world populated by many varied alien and half-alien races, set in the world of the Planet of Adventure series of novels by Jack Vance.
GURPS Powers GURPS Powers, written by Sean Punch (with vignettes and additional writing by Phil Masters) and released in December 2005, is a rule book that extends the basic character creation rules presented in the basic set to better handle high powered characters, and allow highly detailed customization of powers.
GURPS Reign of Steel Reign of Steel is a setting sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game system describing a future world conquered by a conspiracy of artificial intelligences. It is written by David Pulver, who also wrote the Robots, Ultra-Tech and Vehicles sourcebooks - all of which are strongly recommended to get full use of this setting, though they are not required.
GURPS Supers GURPS Supers was a supplement for the GURPS role-playing game system published by Steve Jackson Games which covered role-playing campaigns with superhero characters and adventures. It had rules for creating superhero characters and examples of such characters.
GURPS Traveller GURPS Traveller is a set of table-top role-playing game books by Steve Jackson Games, designed to allow game play in Traveller's Third Imperium science-fiction setting using the GURPS rule system. Traveller was originally published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and was inducted into the Origins Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997.
GURPS Uplift Written by Stefan Jones and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1992, GURPS Uplift is a sourcebook for a science fiction themed role-playing game based on a fictional universe envisioned by David Brin in his influential Uplift Universe series. It is a part of the extensive GURPS "generic" roleplaying system.
GURPS War Against the Chtorr GURPS War Against the Chtorr is a worldbook for the War Against the Chtorr series by David Gerrold, which depicts an Earth invaded by an alien ecology which threatens to not only destroy our own but change any human survivors into presentient food animals.
GUS reporter system The GUS reporter system (GUS: beta-glucuronidase) is a reporter gene system, particularly useful in plant molecular biology. GUS fusions: beta-glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.
GUSA The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) is the student government of Georgetown University in Washington, DC (United States). Modeled after the United States federal government, it consists of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.
GUSIF Georgetown University Student Investment Fund (GUSIF) is a professional money managing fund, which serves two clients: Georgetown University and the Georgetown University Alumni Association. The Fund currently manages over $260,000 with an initial investment of $100,000 from Georgetown University in 1997, and an additional $100,000 from the Alumni Association in 2000.
GUT chart GUT Chart is a German table that defines guidelines on how to prioritize tasks in order to achieve higher productivity. The chart provides simple 5 categories under which each task is assigned a value (multiple assignments are allowed) and at the end the task with the highest score gets performed.
GV (nerve agent) GV (P-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-N,N-dimethylphosphonamidic fluoride) is an organophosphate nerve agent. GV is a part of a new series of nerve agents with properties similar to both the "G-series" and "V-series"
GVSU Fieldhouse GVSU Fieldhouse is a 4,100-seat indoor arena located in Allendale, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, on the campus of Grand Valley State University. It was built in the early 1980s as the home of the Grand Valley State University Lakers basketball and volleyball teams, as it remains to this day.
GVU The GVU or Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen is the German association that investigates cases of software, music, and motion picture copyright infringement. The name is usually translated as The German Federation against Copyright Theft .
GVU Center The Graphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center is an interdisciplinary research center located near Technology Square in Atlanta, Georgia and affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. It was founded by James D.
Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nation The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nation is a First Nation government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focussed on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region.. It is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council (the Quatsino First Nation, the Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and the Tlatlasikwala Nation.
Gwadar port Gwadar port is located at Gwadar city at the entrance of the Persian Gulf on Arabian Sea and about 460 km west of Karachi in Balochistan, Pakistan. Gwadar port, a deep-sea warm water port being constructed in two phases with heavy investment from China.
Gwageo The gwageo (or kwago) were the national civil service examinations under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea. Typically quite demanding, these tests measured candidates' knowledge of the Chinese classics, and sometimes also of technical subjects.
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site The Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site is a combination of a national park reserve and a heritage site located in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1993, protection of the area is achieved through a signed cooperative management agreement between the Canadian government and the Council of the Haida Nation.
Gwak Jae-u General Gwak Jae-u (1552 – 1617) was a Korean patriot from Ǔiryǒng; in 1592, nine days into Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea, he formed a militia to fight against the Japanese army. He was originally branded a rebel, but an appeal to the king granted him legitimacy.
Gwalia, Western Australia Gwalia () is a former gold-mining town located 233 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Today, Gwalia is essentially a ghost town, having been largely deserted since the main source of employment, the Sons of Gwalia gold mine, shut down in 1963.
Gwalior Fort The fort of Gwalior,in Madhya Pradesh in India, within which a number of historic buildings are situated, stands on an isolated rock. The face is perpendicular and where the rock is naturally less precipitous it has been scarped.
Gwalior Residency Gwalior Residency was a political charge in British India, which existed from 1782 until Indian Independence in 1947. The Gwalior residency included a number of Princely States of Central India, principally Gwalior State, but also including the states of Benares and Rampur, the Chhabra pargana (district) of Tonk State, the small states of Raghugarh, Khaniadhana, Paron, Garha, Umri, Bhadaura, and the small estates (thakurs or diwans) of Dharmaoda, Sirsi, Khiaoda, Kathaun, and Agra Barkhera.
Gwalior State Gwalior State was an Indian kingdom ruled by the Sindhia dynasty. The state took its name from the old town of Gwalior, which, although never the actual capital, was an important place because of its strategic location and the strength of its fort.
Gwanaksan Gwanaksan (632 mSome sources give 629 m) is a small mountain in southern Seoul, South Korea. Portions lie in the Gwanak-gu and Geumcheon-gu districts of Seoul; other portions lie in the neighboring cities of Anyang and Gwacheon.
Gwandu Gwandu, also called Gando, is a town and emirate in Kebbi, Nigeria. Originally founded in the sixteenth century by the Kebbawa, a Hausa-speaking people, Gwandu today acts as one of the four emirates composing Kebbi State.
Gwangbokjeol Gwangbokjeol is one of the four national holidays in Korea, celebrating independence from Japan and the subsequent creation of the Korean government three years later. It is celebrated yearly in both South Korea and North Korea; in the latter, it is known as ChogukhaebangĹi nal ().
Gwanggaeto Stele The stele of King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo was erected in 414 by King Jangsu as a memorial to his deceased father. It is one of the major primary sources extant for the history of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and supplies invaluable historical detail on his reign as well as insights into Goguryeo mythology.
Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer The Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyers, often called KDX-I class, are destroyers operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy.
Gwangju Biennale The Gwangju Biennale, which started in 1995 in the city of Gwangju in the South Jeolla province of South Korea, was Asia's first contemporary art biennale. Opening ceremonies took place in late September of 1995 with all the frantic mayhem one has come to expect of such multicultural endeavors.
Gwanvan class battleship In the fictional Gundam universe, in the post One Year War era, the Axis Zeon's engineers were asked to come up with a replacement for the Gwanzine class battleships, and the result was the Gwanban class. This class served as the flagship for the Axis Zeon in Gundam 0083 and the first Neo Zeon movement in ZZ Gundam.
Gwardia Ludowa Gwardia Ludowa ("People's Guard", abbreviated GL) was a World War II resistance movement in Poland, organised by the Polish Workers Party. It was created in 1942 and in 1944 it was incorporated by the Armia Ludowa.
Gwarn Music Gwarn Music is an independent record label which was created in Manchester, England in 1991. It was founded by former 52nd Street guitarist Tony Henry to release his then new music project FR’ Mystery (lead vocalist Lorna Bailey) after talks to sign the act to WEA in London broke down.
Gwasg Gee Gwasg Gee was a publishing firm founded by a printer, Thomas Gee, in 1808 and taken over by his son, a more famous Thomas Gee, during the 1830s and based in Denbigh, Wales. The name means "Gee Press".
Gwazi Gwazi is a dueling roller coaster at Busch Gardens Africa (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) in Florida. Its maximum speed is 50 mph and includes 6 fly-bys (portions of the ride where the trains pass each other in opposite directions).
Gweilo Gweilo (鬼佬; Jyutping: gwai2 lou2; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: guÄlÄo; sometimes also spelt Gwailo) is a Cantonese term for Caucasian people (generally men). It literally means "ghost man" or "ghost chap"Larry Feign.
Gwelup, Western Australia Gwelup (; post code: 6018) is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 12 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling.
Gwen Gwen is a female first name meaning "white" in Welsh, from which the names Gwenllian, Gwendolen, Gwendolyn, Gwendalynne, Gwenfair, Gwenffrewi (Winefride) and Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) are derived. Famous people with this name include:
Gwen 10 "Gwen 10" is the seventeenth episode of the American animated television series Ben 10, which first aired on 1 June 2006. It is set in an alternate reality where Gwen gets the Omnitrix instead of Ben.
Gwen Dozier Gwen Dozier had a short stint as a Parlet in 1980 with Jeanette Washington and Shirley Hayden, after the release of their last album on Casablanca "Play Me Or Trade Me." Gwen's sister, Janice Evans became pregnant and took a leave from the group.
Gwen Charles Gwen Charles (born July 19, 1949 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the riding of Selkirk for the Manitoba Liberal Party.
Gwen Cheeseman Gwen Wentz Cheeseman Alexander (born August 13, 1951 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Gwen Margolis Gwen Margolis (Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1934 ) was the first woman president of the Florida Senate, from 1990-1992. She left state government to make an unsuccessful bid for the United States Congress (losing to E.
Gwen Media Gwen Media (formally known as "Gwenmedia Los Angeles" in its original incarnation) was a Los Angeles, California based film company that concentrated in Latex and BDSM focused adult films (usually considered "pornographic" due to the usage of many specific "adult only" themes in their films which included BDSM, heavy bondage, implied sci-fi bodily conversions and full frontal nudity. Gwen Media did NOT use female-to-female sex, except in a few of their produced films, such as "Fetish Girls".
Gwen Moore Gwendolynne Sophia (Gwen) Moore (born April 18, 1951), a Democrat from Wisconsin, is a Congresswoman representing Wisconsin's 4th Congressional district (map). She was born in Racine, Wisconsin, though she calls Milwaukee home.
Gwen Plumb Gwen Plumb (2 August 1912 - 5 June 2002) (full name: Gwendoline Jean Plumb) was a veteran Australian performer of radio and television; best remembered for her portrayal of "gossip", Ada Simmonds in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors from 1976-1983. She had her first well-known role as Emmy in the longest-running Australian radio series Blue Hills, and hosted a radio program on Australia’s Macquarie Network from 1945 to 1974.
Gwen Shamblin Gwen Shamblin is the American author of a fairly controversial book called The Weigh Down Diet (ISBN 0-385-49324-X) which was published in 1997 and sold over 400,000 copies. Since that time she has written Rise Above (ISBN 0-7852-6876-6) and a devotional book called Exodus (ISBN 1-892729-00-8).
Gwen Taylor Gwen Taylor (born 19 February 1939 in Derby, England) is an actress. Trained at East 15 Acting School, London, she has appeared in many British television programmes, including Z Cars, Murder Most Horrid, Yes Prime Minister, Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders.
Gwen Verdon Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. She was known professionally as Gwen Verdon.
Gwenan Edwards Gwenan Edwards is a relief presenter on the BBC's rolling news television channel, BBC News 24. She has also presented Newsroom South East and UK Today prior to this, as well as Gate 24, a consumer travel programme shown on the channel and its sister, BBC World.
Gwenda Thomas Gwenda Thomas AM (born in Neath, 1942) is the Labour Welsh Assembly Member for Neath. Mrs Thomas was first elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, having almost doubled her majority.
Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo Syrie Maugham (née Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo, 10 July 1879 - 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s and best-known for popularizing rooms decorated entirely in shades of white.
Gwendolyn (artist) Gwendolyn Sanford is a singer-songwriter who was born in Philadelphia and raised in Sierra Madre, California. Her work, and the appreciation of it, reflects the continuing popularity of independent recording artists who eschew the pursuit of commercial success associated with major record labels in favor of local and internet-based distribution of their music.
Gwendolyn Hung Gwendolyn Hung, sometimes also credited as Gwenn Hung or Gwennie Hung, was a B-movie actress of unknown nationality who had a modest, short career in Filipino low-budget action and martial arts films in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Knight Gwendolyn Knight (20 April, 1914 - February 18, 2005) was an African American sculptor from Barbados, in the West Indies. She received many awards including the National Honor Award, and two honorary doctorate degrees.
Gwenevere Gwenevere (also called Princess Gwenevere and Gwen) is one of the main fictional heroines on the animated television series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. She is also known as Starla in the European and US DVD versions.
Gwenhwyfach Gwenhwyfach or Gwenhwyvach, sometimes Anglicized as Guinevak, is a sister of Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) in early Welsh Arthurian legend. Most of the tradition surrounding her has been lost; she is mentioned only in two of the Welsh Triads and in the Mabinogion tale Culhwch and Olwen.
Gwenllian Gwenllian (Welsh, a combination of gwen "fair, blessed, white" and llian "flaxen") was the name of several ladies who lived in medieval Wales. The two best known have, for different reasons, become symbols of Welsh patriotism and/or independence.
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd Gwenllian (died 1136) was of the Aberffraw dynasty and the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, prince of Gwynedd (and sister of prince Owain Gwynedd). Gwenllian was married to Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth.
Gwenn ha du (terrorism) Gwenn ha Du (Breton for "white and black") was a Breton-based terrorist group founded at the end of 1930 in Paris by Célestin Lainé. It advocated Breton nationalism through "direct action" and published a secret manual aimed at instructing readers in terrorism.
Gweno The Gweno are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the northernmost part of the Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. In 2000 the ethnic Gweno population was estimated to number 2,000, with the nearly extinct Gweno language spoken mostly by older adults while younger Gweno shift to Asu and Swahili groups in Tanzania]
Gwent County League The Gwent County League is a football league in South Wales, consisting of 3 divisions, named Divisions One, Two and Three. Division One is a feeder to the Welsh Football League Division Three, and therefore sits a level 5 of the Welsh football pyramid.
Gwern Gwern is the son of Branwen and Matholwch in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi (A collection of prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts). His Welsh mother is not popular with the Irish people, leading her husband to mistreat her; she sends for her brother Bran the Blessed for help.
Gwersyllt Gwersyllt (derived from the Welsh word, "Gwersyll" meaning "campsite") is one of the most populated and largest villages in Wrexham, and indeed even North Wales. It is situated north of the town of Wrexham, bordering with nearby villages of Bradley, Llay, Cefn-y-Bedd, Summerhill and Sydallt, within Wrexham County Borough.
Gwethalyn Graham Gwethalyn Graham (January 18, 1913 - November 25, 1965) was a Canadian writer, whose 1944 novel Earth and High Heaven was the first Canadian book to reach number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. Graham won the Governor General's Award twice, for her first novel Swiss Sonata in 1938, and for Earth and High Heaven in 1944.
Gwich’in The Gwichʼin (sometimes rendered as Kutchin or Gwitchin), literally "one who dwells" and "I think", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle. The Gwichʼin were also known by the French name of Loucheux or Loucheaux in historical documents, as well as the Tukudh used by missionaries.
Gwich’in language The Gwich’in language is the Athabaskan language of the Gwich’in indigenous people. It is used principally in the towns of Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, and Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River) all in the Northwest Territories; as well as Old Crow, Yukon; Beaver, Circle, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Arctic Village, Eagle, and Venetie, Alaska.
Gwili Railway The Gwili Steam Railway (in Welsh, Rheilffordd Ager Y Gwili) operates a preserved railway from Abergwili Junction (near Carmarthen) in South Wales along a short section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway closed for passenger traffic in 1965 and lifted in 1973.
Gwilym Jenkins Gwilym Meirion Jenkins (1933 – July 10, 1982) was a British statistician. His most notable contribution was pioneering work with George Box on autoregressive moving average models, also called Box-Jenkins models, in time-series analysis.
Gwilym Jones Gwilym Hayden Jones (born 20 September 1947) is a British Conservative politician. At the 1983 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Cardiff North, retained his seat until the 1997 election, when was defeated by Labour's Julie Morgan.
Gwilym Simcock Gwilym Simcock (born 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. Holder of a first-class honours degree from the Royal Academy of Music, London and a Perrier Award winner, Simcock has been rated as one of the most exciting musicians of his generation in the UK.
Gwin Gwin is a horned marten, belonging to the fire-eater, Dustfinger, fictional characters from Cornelia Funke's novels Inkheart and Inkspell, and soon Inkdawn. Gwin is somewhat ill-tempered and has taken a liking to Farid, Dustfinger's apprentice.
Gwinnett ARES In the Gwinnett County Gwinnett Amateur Radio Emergency Service (Gwinnett ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications; it is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League.
GUCH GUCH is a acronym for Grown Ups with Congenital Heart defects. Adults with congenital heart defects is a group of patients which is fast growing in numbers, due to advances in cardiac surgery and intensive care in the 1970s and 80s.
GUI software testing In computer science, GUI software testing is the process of testing graphical user interface-based software to ensure it meets its written specifications. This is normally done through the use of a variety of test cases.
GUID Partition Table GUID Partition Table (GPT) is a standard for the layout of the partition table on a physical hard disk. It is a part of the Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI) standard proposed by Intel as a replacement for the outdated PC BIOS, one of the few remaining relics of the original IBM PC.
GUIDO music notation GUIDO Music Notation is a computer music notation named after Guido of Arezzo, a renowned music theorist of his time and important contributor to today's conventional musical notation. The GUIDO Music Notation Format is a system designed to logically represent all aspects of music in a computer-readable format.
GUMIL Filipinas GUMIL Filipinas (Gunglo dagiti Mannurat nga Ilokano iti Filipinas) or Ilokano Writers Association of the Philippines, is one of the most active group of regional writers in the Philippines. It has hundreds of active writer-members in provincial and municipal chapters as well as in overseas chapters in the mainland U.
GUMPS GUMPS is a widely used acronym used by airplane pilots as a mental before-landing checklist to ensure nothing critical has been forgotten before landing. Its popularity is widespread, appearing in flight student curriculum, FAA publications, aviation magazines.
GUNNM: Gaiden GUNNM: Gaiden is a Japanese manga by Yukito Kishiro containing three separate side stories for GUNNM, known as Battle Angel Alita in English. The stories were first published in Ultra Jump magazine in 1997, but have also been printed in the GUNNM Complete Collection Japanese special editions of GUNNM.
GURPS 4e Fantasy GURPS Fantasy is a Genre Toolkit source book for the fourth edition of the GURPS Role-playing game. It covers creation of many different types of Fantasy settings include High and Low, Dark and Light, Swords and Sorcery, and Myth.
GURPS 4e Lite GURPS Lite is a 32-page introduction to the rules of the GURPS role-playing game based on the core rules in the GURPS 4e Basic Set (mainly Characters). It includes basic character creation with advantages, disadvantages, skills and equipment, as well as some rules for playing.
GURPS Atomic Horror GURPS Atomic Horror is a supplement for the Third Edition of the GURPS role-playing game, first published by Steve Jackson Games in 1993 and subsequently revised. Written by Paul Elliott and Chris McCubbin, Atomic Horror is a sourcebook for running GURPS campaigns inspired by B-grade science fiction and horror movies of the 1950s.
GURPS Autoduel GURPS Autoduel is the GURPS genre toolkit book which details the post-apocalyptic world of one of SJG's other popular games, Car Wars. In this setting (by tradition, fifty years ahead of the current time), characters are involved in autoduelling: combat in armed and armored motor vehicles such as cars, motorcycles, or semis.
GURPS Banestorm Banestorm, written by Phil Masters and Jonathan Woodward released October 2005, is setting sourcebook for the fourth edition of the GURPS Role-playing game. It details a fantasy setting called Yrth that has been updated from older GURPS Fantasy source books.
GURPS Bio-Tech GURPS Bio-Tech is a GURPS sourcebook written by David Pulver and David Morgan-Mar on the subject of futuristic biotechnology. The second edition contains two outlines for campaign settings (Alexander Atanatos and Draconis) but is primarily focused on providing rules and examples of devices that Game Masters could adapt for use in their own campaigns.
GURPS Black Ops A sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game, Black Ops is a setting that has our planet under threat from various alien, supernatural and other monstrous powers. The clandestine agency (not bound to any one country) that protect the world (who, generally, is blissfully ignorant) from these threats is simply called the Company.
GURPS Cabal GURPS Cabal (ISBN 1-55634-429-5) is a soft-bound book written by Kenneth Hite and published in 2001 by Steve Jackson Games as a customizable campaign setting for the GURPS role-playing game system. It depicts a modern-day secret society composed of vampires, lycanthropes and sorcerers who study the underlying principles of magic and visit other planes of existence.
GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon GURPS Callahan's Crosstime Saloon is a sourcebook for an alternate world-themed role-playing game based in a fictional bar/space nexus that was created by Spider Robinson in his novel Callahan's Crosstime Saloon. The GURPS source book was written by Chris W.
GURPS Cyberpunk GURPS Cyberpunk (ISBN 1-55634-168-7) is a sourcebook for a cyberpunk-themed role-playing game based in a fictional, near-future dystopia, such as that envisioned by William Gibson in his influential novel Neuromancer. Written by Loyd Blankenship and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1990, it is a part of the extensive (3rd-edition) GURPS "generic" roleplaying system.
GURPS Discworld GURPS Discworld is a role-playing game sourcebook set in Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy universe, and using the GURPS rules. It was written by Phil Masters, with Pratchett, and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1998.
GURPS Horseclans GURPS Horseclans is a role-playing worldbook, one of the first that was published for the GURPS game system. Horseclans was a science fiction series by Robert Adams, set in a North America that had been thrown back to a medieval level by a nuclear war.
GURPS Ice Age GURPS Ice Age is a sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game that includes rules and setting material for games that are set in the time of prehistoric man. Ice Age also introduced a system of rules for shamanic magic.
GURPS Illuminati University GURPS Illuminati University (1995) (ISBN 1-55634-206-3), also called GURPS IOU, is a 128-page softbound campaign setting sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game. The authors are Elizabeth McCoy and Walter Milliken; the illustrations are by Phil Foglio and Kaja Foglio.
GURPS Magic GURPS Magic is a source book for the GURPS Role-playing game from Steve Jackson Games that provides in depth coverage of magic in the context of GURPS. The rules expand on the magic system outlined in the Basic Set, and provide alternative forms of magic for GMs to use.
GURPS Martial Arts GURPS Martial Arts is a source book for the GURPS role-playing game, published by Steve Jackson Games in 2006. "GURPS Martial Arts" also includes new Skills, Advantages, Disadvantages, Maneuvers, Styles, and Weapons for GURPS, as well as history on the Martial Arts, many pre-made Martial Arts characters, and some ideas for Martial Arts campaigns.
GURPS Middle Ages I Written by Graeme Davis and published by Steve Jackson Games in 2002, GURPS Middle Ages I is a sourcebook for running a Middle Ages themed GURPS campaign. It is a part of the extensive GURPS "generic" roleplaying system.
GURPS Mixed Doubles GURPS Mixed Doubles is a collection of characters intended for use with the GURPS role-playing game accessory Supers. Each character entry in the book is paired with another one, often with an enemy or a rival, but sometimes with a partner, a relative and, in two cases, lovers.
GURPS Mysteries "GURPS Mysteries" is a source book for the GURPS Role-playing game. It is an online PDF and POD release that covers creating and running mystery based adventures and campaigns, crime scenes, and advanced rules for questioning and interrogating NPCs.
GURPS Planet of Adventure Planet of Adventure is a setting sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game system describing a distant world populated by many varied alien and half-alien races, set in the world of the Planet of Adventure series of novels by Jack Vance.
GURPS Powers GURPS Powers, written by Sean Punch (with vignettes and additional writing by Phil Masters) and released in December 2005, is a rule book that extends the basic character creation rules presented in the basic set to better handle high powered characters, and allow highly detailed customization of powers.
GURPS Reign of Steel Reign of Steel is a setting sourcebook for the GURPS role-playing game system describing a future world conquered by a conspiracy of artificial intelligences. It is written by David Pulver, who also wrote the Robots, Ultra-Tech and Vehicles sourcebooks - all of which are strongly recommended to get full use of this setting, though they are not required.
GURPS Supers GURPS Supers was a supplement for the GURPS role-playing game system published by Steve Jackson Games which covered role-playing campaigns with superhero characters and adventures. It had rules for creating superhero characters and examples of such characters.
GURPS Traveller GURPS Traveller is a set of table-top role-playing game books by Steve Jackson Games, designed to allow game play in Traveller's Third Imperium science-fiction setting using the GURPS rule system. Traveller was originally published in 1977 by Game Designers' Workshop and was inducted into the Origins Adventure Gaming Hall of Fame in 1997.
GURPS Uplift Written by Stefan Jones and published by Steve Jackson Games in 1992, GURPS Uplift is a sourcebook for a science fiction themed role-playing game based on a fictional universe envisioned by David Brin in his influential Uplift Universe series. It is a part of the extensive GURPS "generic" roleplaying system.
GURPS War Against the Chtorr GURPS War Against the Chtorr is a worldbook for the War Against the Chtorr series by David Gerrold, which depicts an Earth invaded by an alien ecology which threatens to not only destroy our own but change any human survivors into presentient food animals.
GUS reporter system The GUS reporter system (GUS: beta-glucuronidase) is a reporter gene system, particularly useful in plant molecular biology. GUS fusions: beta-glucuronidase as a sensitive and versatile gene fusion marker in higher plants.
GUSA The Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) is the student government of Georgetown University in Washington, DC (United States). Modeled after the United States federal government, it consists of three branches: executive, legislative and judicial.
GUSIF Georgetown University Student Investment Fund (GUSIF) is a professional money managing fund, which serves two clients: Georgetown University and the Georgetown University Alumni Association. The Fund currently manages over $260,000 with an initial investment of $100,000 from Georgetown University in 1997, and an additional $100,000 from the Alumni Association in 2000.
GUT chart GUT Chart is a German table that defines guidelines on how to prioritize tasks in order to achieve higher productivity. The chart provides simple 5 categories under which each task is assigned a value (multiple assignments are allowed) and at the end the task with the highest score gets performed.
GV (nerve agent) GV (P-[2-(dimethylamino)ethyl]-N,N-dimethylphosphonamidic fluoride) is an organophosphate nerve agent. GV is a part of a new series of nerve agents with properties similar to both the "G-series" and "V-series"
GVSU Fieldhouse GVSU Fieldhouse is a 4,100-seat indoor arena located in Allendale, Michigan, a suburb of Grand Rapids, on the campus of Grand Valley State University. It was built in the early 1980s as the home of the Grand Valley State University Lakers basketball and volleyball teams, as it remains to this day.
GVU The GVU or Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen is the German association that investigates cases of software, music, and motion picture copyright infringement. The name is usually translated as The German Federation against Copyright Theft .
GVU Center The Graphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center is an interdisciplinary research center located near Technology Square in Atlanta, Georgia and affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology. It was founded by James D.
Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nation The Gwa'Sala-Nakwaxda'xw Nation is a First Nation government based on northern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada, focussed on the community of Port Hardy, British Columbia in the Queen Charlotte Strait region.. It is a member of the Kwakiutl District Council and, for treaty negotiation purposes, the Winalagalis Treaty Group which includes three other members of the Kwakiutl District Council (the Quatsino First Nation, the Da'naxda'xw Awaetlatla Nation, and the Tlatlasikwala Nation.
Gwadar port Gwadar port is located at Gwadar city at the entrance of the Persian Gulf on Arabian Sea and about 460 km west of Karachi in Balochistan, Pakistan. Gwadar port, a deep-sea warm water port being constructed in two phases with heavy investment from China.
Gwageo The gwageo (or kwago) were the national civil service examinations under the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea. Typically quite demanding, these tests measured candidates' knowledge of the Chinese classics, and sometimes also of technical subjects.
Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site The Gwaii Haanas National Park Reserve and Haida Heritage Site is a combination of a national park reserve and a heritage site located in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia, Canada. Established in 1993, protection of the area is achieved through a signed cooperative management agreement between the Canadian government and the Council of the Haida Nation.
Gwak Jae-u General Gwak Jae-u (1552 – 1617) was a Korean patriot from Ǔiryǒng; in 1592, nine days into Hideyoshi's invasions of Korea, he formed a militia to fight against the Japanese army. He was originally branded a rebel, but an appeal to the king granted him legitimacy.
Gwalia, Western Australia Gwalia () is a former gold-mining town located 233 kilometres north of Kalgoorlie and 828 kilometres east of Perth in Western Australia's Great Victoria Desert. Today, Gwalia is essentially a ghost town, having been largely deserted since the main source of employment, the Sons of Gwalia gold mine, shut down in 1963.
Gwalior Fort The fort of Gwalior,in Madhya Pradesh in India, within which a number of historic buildings are situated, stands on an isolated rock. The face is perpendicular and where the rock is naturally less precipitous it has been scarped.
Gwalior Residency Gwalior Residency was a political charge in British India, which existed from 1782 until Indian Independence in 1947. The Gwalior residency included a number of Princely States of Central India, principally Gwalior State, but also including the states of Benares and Rampur, the Chhabra pargana (district) of Tonk State, the small states of Raghugarh, Khaniadhana, Paron, Garha, Umri, Bhadaura, and the small estates (thakurs or diwans) of Dharmaoda, Sirsi, Khiaoda, Kathaun, and Agra Barkhera.
Gwalior State Gwalior State was an Indian kingdom ruled by the Sindhia dynasty. The state took its name from the old town of Gwalior, which, although never the actual capital, was an important place because of its strategic location and the strength of its fort.
Gwanaksan Gwanaksan (632 mSome sources give 629 m) is a small mountain in southern Seoul, South Korea. Portions lie in the Gwanak-gu and Geumcheon-gu districts of Seoul; other portions lie in the neighboring cities of Anyang and Gwacheon.
Gwandu Gwandu, also called Gando, is a town and emirate in Kebbi, Nigeria. Originally founded in the sixteenth century by the Kebbawa, a Hausa-speaking people, Gwandu today acts as one of the four emirates composing Kebbi State.
Gwangbokjeol Gwangbokjeol is one of the four national holidays in Korea, celebrating independence from Japan and the subsequent creation of the Korean government three years later. It is celebrated yearly in both South Korea and North Korea; in the latter, it is known as ChogukhaebangĹi nal ().
Gwanggaeto Stele The stele of King Gwanggaeto of Goguryeo was erected in 414 by King Jangsu as a memorial to his deceased father. It is one of the major primary sources extant for the history of Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, and supplies invaluable historical detail on his reign as well as insights into Goguryeo mythology.
Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyer The Gwanggaeto the Great class destroyers, often called KDX-I class, are destroyers operated by the Republic of Korea Navy. It was the first phase of ROKN's KDX program, in moving the ROK Navy from a coastal defence force to a blue-water navy.
Gwangju Biennale The Gwangju Biennale, which started in 1995 in the city of Gwangju in the South Jeolla province of South Korea, was Asia's first contemporary art biennale. Opening ceremonies took place in late September of 1995 with all the frantic mayhem one has come to expect of such multicultural endeavors.
Gwanvan class battleship In the fictional Gundam universe, in the post One Year War era, the Axis Zeon's engineers were asked to come up with a replacement for the Gwanzine class battleships, and the result was the Gwanban class. This class served as the flagship for the Axis Zeon in Gundam 0083 and the first Neo Zeon movement in ZZ Gundam.
Gwardia Ludowa Gwardia Ludowa ("People's Guard", abbreviated GL) was a World War II resistance movement in Poland, organised by the Polish Workers Party. It was created in 1942 and in 1944 it was incorporated by the Armia Ludowa.
Gwarn Music Gwarn Music is an independent record label which was created in Manchester, England in 1991. It was founded by former 52nd Street guitarist Tony Henry to release his then new music project FR’ Mystery (lead vocalist Lorna Bailey) after talks to sign the act to WEA in London broke down.
Gwasg Gee Gwasg Gee was a publishing firm founded by a printer, Thomas Gee, in 1808 and taken over by his son, a more famous Thomas Gee, during the 1830s and based in Denbigh, Wales. The name means "Gee Press".
Gwazi Gwazi is a dueling roller coaster at Busch Gardens Africa (Busch Gardens Tampa Bay) in Florida. Its maximum speed is 50 mph and includes 6 fly-bys (portions of the ride where the trains pass each other in opposite directions).
Gweilo Gweilo (鬼佬; Jyutping: gwai2 lou2; Cantonese IPA: ; Pinyin: guÄlÄo; sometimes also spelt Gwailo) is a Cantonese term for Caucasian people (generally men). It literally means "ghost man" or "ghost chap"Larry Feign.
Gwelup, Western Australia Gwelup (; post code: 6018) is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, and is located 12 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling.
Gwen Gwen is a female first name meaning "white" in Welsh, from which the names Gwenllian, Gwendolen, Gwendolyn, Gwendalynne, Gwenfair, Gwenffrewi (Winefride) and Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) are derived. Famous people with this name include:
Gwen 10 "Gwen 10" is the seventeenth episode of the American animated television series Ben 10, which first aired on 1 June 2006. It is set in an alternate reality where Gwen gets the Omnitrix instead of Ben.
Gwen Dozier Gwen Dozier had a short stint as a Parlet in 1980 with Jeanette Washington and Shirley Hayden, after the release of their last album on Casablanca "Play Me Or Trade Me." Gwen's sister, Janice Evans became pregnant and took a leave from the group.
Gwen Charles Gwen Charles (born July 19, 1949 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1988 to 1990, representing the riding of Selkirk for the Manitoba Liberal Party.
Gwen Cheeseman Gwen Wentz Cheeseman Alexander (born August 13, 1951 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the national team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Gwen Margolis Gwen Margolis (Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1934 ) was the first woman president of the Florida Senate, from 1990-1992. She left state government to make an unsuccessful bid for the United States Congress (losing to E.
Gwen Media Gwen Media (formally known as "Gwenmedia Los Angeles" in its original incarnation) was a Los Angeles, California based film company that concentrated in Latex and BDSM focused adult films (usually considered "pornographic" due to the usage of many specific "adult only" themes in their films which included BDSM, heavy bondage, implied sci-fi bodily conversions and full frontal nudity. Gwen Media did NOT use female-to-female sex, except in a few of their produced films, such as "Fetish Girls".
Gwen Moore Gwendolynne Sophia (Gwen) Moore (born April 18, 1951), a Democrat from Wisconsin, is a Congresswoman representing Wisconsin's 4th Congressional district (map). She was born in Racine, Wisconsin, though she calls Milwaukee home.
Gwen Plumb Gwen Plumb (2 August 1912 - 5 June 2002) (full name: Gwendoline Jean Plumb) was a veteran Australian performer of radio and television; best remembered for her portrayal of "gossip", Ada Simmonds in the Australian soap opera The Young Doctors from 1976-1983. She had her first well-known role as Emmy in the longest-running Australian radio series Blue Hills, and hosted a radio program on Australia’s Macquarie Network from 1945 to 1974.
Gwen Shamblin Gwen Shamblin is the American author of a fairly controversial book called The Weigh Down Diet (ISBN 0-385-49324-X) which was published in 1997 and sold over 400,000 copies. Since that time she has written Rise Above (ISBN 0-7852-6876-6) and a devotional book called Exodus (ISBN 1-892729-00-8).
Gwen Taylor Gwen Taylor (born 19 February 1939 in Derby, England) is an actress. Trained at East 15 Acting School, London, she has appeared in many British television programmes, including Z Cars, Murder Most Horrid, Yes Prime Minister, Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders.
Gwen Verdon Gwyneth Evelyn Verdon (January 13, 1925 in Culver City, California – October 18, 2000 in Woodstock, Vermont) was an acclaimed Tony Award winning American dancer and actress. She was known professionally as Gwen Verdon.
Gwenan Edwards Gwenan Edwards is a relief presenter on the BBC's rolling news television channel, BBC News 24. She has also presented Newsroom South East and UK Today prior to this, as well as Gate 24, a consumer travel programme shown on the channel and its sister, BBC World.
Gwenda Thomas Gwenda Thomas AM (born in Neath, 1942) is the Labour Welsh Assembly Member for Neath. Mrs Thomas was first elected to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999 and re-elected in 2003, having almost doubled her majority.
Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo Syrie Maugham (née Gwendoline Maud Syrie Barnardo, 10 July 1879 - 25 July 1955) was a leading British interior decorator of the 1920s and 1930s and best-known for popularizing rooms decorated entirely in shades of white.
Gwendolyn (artist) Gwendolyn Sanford is a singer-songwriter who was born in Philadelphia and raised in Sierra Madre, California. Her work, and the appreciation of it, reflects the continuing popularity of independent recording artists who eschew the pursuit of commercial success associated with major record labels in favor of local and internet-based distribution of their music.
Gwendolyn Hung Gwendolyn Hung, sometimes also credited as Gwenn Hung or Gwennie Hung, was a B-movie actress of unknown nationality who had a modest, short career in Filipino low-budget action and martial arts films in the 1980s.
Gwendolyn Knight Gwendolyn Knight (20 April, 1914 - February 18, 2005) was an African American sculptor from Barbados, in the West Indies. She received many awards including the National Honor Award, and two honorary doctorate degrees.
Gwenevere Gwenevere (also called Princess Gwenevere and Gwen) is one of the main fictional heroines on the animated television series Princess Gwenevere and the Jewel Riders. She is also known as Starla in the European and US DVD versions.
Gwenhwyfach Gwenhwyfach or Gwenhwyvach, sometimes Anglicized as Guinevak, is a sister of Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) in early Welsh Arthurian legend. Most of the tradition surrounding her has been lost; she is mentioned only in two of the Welsh Triads and in the Mabinogion tale Culhwch and Olwen.
Gwenllian Gwenllian (Welsh, a combination of gwen "fair, blessed, white" and llian "flaxen") was the name of several ladies who lived in medieval Wales. The two best known have, for different reasons, become symbols of Welsh patriotism and/or independence.
Gwenllian ferch Gruffydd Gwenllian (died 1136) was of the Aberffraw dynasty and the daughter of Gruffydd ap Cynan, prince of Gwynedd (and sister of prince Owain Gwynedd). Gwenllian was married to Gruffydd ap Rhys, Prince of Deheubarth.
Gwenn ha du (terrorism) Gwenn ha Du (Breton for "white and black") was a Breton-based terrorist group founded at the end of 1930 in Paris by Célestin Lainé. It advocated Breton nationalism through "direct action" and published a secret manual aimed at instructing readers in terrorism.
Gweno The Gweno are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the northernmost part of the Pare Mountains in the Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. In 2000 the ethnic Gweno population was estimated to number 2,000, with the nearly extinct Gweno language spoken mostly by older adults while younger Gweno shift to Asu and Swahili groups in Tanzania]
Gwent County League The Gwent County League is a football league in South Wales, consisting of 3 divisions, named Divisions One, Two and Three. Division One is a feeder to the Welsh Football League Division Three, and therefore sits a level 5 of the Welsh football pyramid.
Gwern Gwern is the son of Branwen and Matholwch in the Second Branch of the Mabinogi (A collection of prose stories from medieval Welsh manuscripts). His Welsh mother is not popular with the Irish people, leading her husband to mistreat her; she sends for her brother Bran the Blessed for help.
Gwersyllt Gwersyllt (derived from the Welsh word, "Gwersyll" meaning "campsite") is one of the most populated and largest villages in Wrexham, and indeed even North Wales. It is situated north of the town of Wrexham, bordering with nearby villages of Bradley, Llay, Cefn-y-Bedd, Summerhill and Sydallt, within Wrexham County Borough.
Gwethalyn Graham Gwethalyn Graham (January 18, 1913 - November 25, 1965) was a Canadian writer, whose 1944 novel Earth and High Heaven was the first Canadian book to reach number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. Graham won the Governor General's Award twice, for her first novel Swiss Sonata in 1938, and for Earth and High Heaven in 1944.
Gwich’in The Gwichʼin (sometimes rendered as Kutchin or Gwitchin), literally "one who dwells" and "I think", are a First Nations/Alaska Native people who live in the northwestern part of North America mostly above the Arctic Circle. The Gwichʼin were also known by the French name of Loucheux or Loucheaux in historical documents, as well as the Tukudh used by missionaries.
Gwich’in language The Gwich’in language is the Athabaskan language of the Gwich’in indigenous people. It is used principally in the towns of Inuvik, Aklavik, Fort McPherson, and Tsiigehtchic (formerly Arctic Red River) all in the Northwest Territories; as well as Old Crow, Yukon; Beaver, Circle, Fort Yukon, Chalkyitsik, Birch Creek, Arctic Village, Eagle, and Venetie, Alaska.
Gwili Railway The Gwili Steam Railway (in Welsh, Rheilffordd Ager Y Gwili) operates a preserved railway from Abergwili Junction (near Carmarthen) in South Wales along a short section of the former Carmarthen to Aberystwyth railway closed for passenger traffic in 1965 and lifted in 1973.
Gwilym Jenkins Gwilym Meirion Jenkins (1933 – July 10, 1982) was a British statistician. His most notable contribution was pioneering work with George Box on autoregressive moving average models, also called Box-Jenkins models, in time-series analysis.
Gwilym Jones Gwilym Hayden Jones (born 20 September 1947) is a British Conservative politician. At the 1983 general election, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Cardiff North, retained his seat until the 1997 election, when was defeated by Labour's Julie Morgan.
Gwilym Simcock Gwilym Simcock (born 1981) is a British jazz pianist and composer. Holder of a first-class honours degree from the Royal Academy of Music, London and a Perrier Award winner, Simcock has been rated as one of the most exciting musicians of his generation in the UK.
Gwin Gwin is a horned marten, belonging to the fire-eater, Dustfinger, fictional characters from Cornelia Funke's novels Inkheart and Inkspell, and soon Inkdawn. Gwin is somewhat ill-tempered and has taken a liking to Farid, Dustfinger's apprentice.
Gwinnett ARES In the Gwinnett County Gwinnett Amateur Radio Emergency Service (Gwinnett ARES) is a corps of trained amateur radio operator volunteers organized to assist in public service and emergency communications; it is sponsored by the American Radio Relay League.
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