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Gâtinais Gâtinais (or Gâtine) was a former province of France, containing the area around the valley of the Loing. corresponding roughly to the northeastern part of the départment of Loiret, and the south of the present departments Seine-et-Marne.
Gábor Darvas Gábor Darvas (until 1952 Gábor Steinberger) (January 18, 1911 – February 18, 1985) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. He was one of the first Hungarian composers to work in the field of electronic music.
Gábor Demszky Gábor Demszky (born 4 August 1952) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer and sociologist by qualification. Demszky was formerly a Member of the European Parliament for the Alliance of Free Democrats (part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party), having been elected in the 2004 election, but due to controversial provisions and interpretation problems in the Act on Local Governments concerning conflicts of interests of mayors, he was replaced on 29 October 2004 by Viktória Mohácsi (of the same party) after resigning to remain Mayor of Budapest.
Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi (born May 28, 1981 in Budapest, Hungary) is a professional motorcycle racer, racing in 2007 for the MVA Master Aspar team in the motorcycle world championship's 125 cc category, on a works Aprilia bike.
Gábor Totola Gábor Totola (born 10 December, 1973) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Ferenc Hegedüs, Ernõ Kolczonay and Iván Kovács.
Gáe Bulg The Gáe Bulg (also Gáe Bulga, Gáe Bolg, Gáe Bolga, meaning "notched spear", "belly spear", "bellows-dart," or possibly "lightning spear") was the spear of Cúchulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It was given to him by his teacher, the warrior princess Scáthach, and its technique was taught only to him.
Gávea Gávea is an upper-class residential neighborhood located in the Southern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It borders the São Conrado, Leblon, Lagoa and Jardim Botânico neighborhoods and is famous for its high concentration of artists and intelectuals.
Gávea Investimentos Gávea Investimentos is a Brazilian independent investment firm, founded in 2003 by Arminio Fraga, former head of the Central Bank of Brazil, and Ilan Goldfajn, his deputy secretary for economic policy while on the Central Bank of Brazil.
Gîsca Gîsca (meaning "goose" in Moldovan; Romanian: "Gîsca", Russian form: Gyska) is a village near Bender in Bessarabia. It is under de facto control of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova.
GĂ«lle Fra The Monument of Remembrance (), usually known by the nickname of the GĂ«lle Fra (Luxembourgish for 'Golden Lady'), is a war memorial in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is dedicated to the thousands of Luxembourgers that volunteered for service in the armed forces in the Allied Powers in the First World War.
Gécamines Gécamines, or La Générale des Carrières et des Mines, is a Congolese state-owned mining company. Its principal products are copper (for which Katanga is well known, and which often accounted for 50% of export earnings), cobalt and zinc.
Génépi Génépi or Genepy is a general term given by residents from the Alps to several rare, aromatic Alpine plants (such as Artemisia mutellina, Artemisia spicata, Artemisia umbelliformis and Artemisia glacialis) and is also the name of a digestif or liqueur produced in the region.
Général de division A Général de division (translated in English as a Major General) is a French military rank above a Général de brigade (translated in English as a Brigadier General) and below a Lieutenant General. His nominal command is that of a division.
Généralité Recettes générales, commonly known as généralités, were the administrative divisions of France under the Ancien Régime and are often considered to prefigure the current préfectures. At the time of the French Revolution, there were thirty-six généralités.
Génie du christianisme Génie du christianisme (English: The Genius of Christianity) is a work by the French author François-René de Chateaubriand, written during his exile in England in the 1790s as a defence of the Christian religion, then under attack during the French Revolution. It was first published in France in 1802, after Chateaubriand had taken advantage of the amnesty Napoleon issued to émigrés, which had allowed him to return to his home country in 1800.
GĂ©nies en herbe GĂ©nies en herbe ('fledgling geniuses') was a Quebec television program in which students representing their Ă©cole secondaire (Quebec high schools) participated in trivia tournaments. Reach for the Top is an English Canadian equivalent.
GĂ©noise Cake A GĂ©noise Cake is an Italian cake named after Genoa that does not use any leavening and instead uses air suspended in the batter during mixing to give volume to the cake. It is called a Genoise sponge cake to differentiate itself from other sponge cakes that beat their yolks and whites of the eggs separately.
Géographica Géographica is the French-language magazine of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), published under the Society's French name, the Société géographique royale du Canada (SGRC). Introduced in 1997, Géographica is not a stand-alone publication, but is published as a regular supplement to L'Actualité magazine.
Gérald Larose Gérald Larose (born October 24, 1945) is a Quebec activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. He is presently head of the Conseil de la souveraineté du Québec, a Quebec independence organization.
GĂ©rald Merceron GĂ©rald Merceron (born February 25, 1973 in Cognac, France) is a rugby player who won 32 caps playing at fly-half for the French rugby union side. He made his international test debut at the age of 26 on 3 June, 1999 as a replacement against Romania which was won 65-8.
Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé (born January 3, 1968 in France) is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April of 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère.
Gérald Tremblay Gérald Tremblay (born September 20, 1942 in Ottawa) is a Canadian (Québécois) politician currently serving his second term as mayor of the City of Montreal (French: Ville de Montréal) and as president of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal (French: Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal). Before becoming mayor he had a long career in business and provincial politics.
GĂ©rard Audran GĂ©rard Audran (or Girard Audran) (1640, Lyon - 1703, Paris) was the most celebrated French engraver, of the famous Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran. He was taught the first principles of design ad engraving by his father; and, following the example of his brother, went to Pairs to perfect himself in his art.
Gérard Berry Gérard Philippe Berry (born 1948) is a French computer scientist, member of French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences), French Academy of Technologies (Académie des technologies), and Academia Europaea. Berry's work, which spans over more than 30 years, brought important contributions to three main fields:
Gérard Blitz (sportsman) Gérard Blitz (August 1, 1901 – March 8, 1979) was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and waterpolo player during 1920s. Born in Amsterdam, he was the younger brother of Maurice Blitz, also a waterpolo player, and uncle of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950.
Gérard Bouchard Gérard Bouchard (December 26 1943 – ) is a historian, sociologist, and writer from Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Born in Jonquière, Quebec he obtained his Master's Degree in Sociology from Laval University in 1968 and later obtained his Ph.
Gérard de Sède Gérard de Sède (5 June 1921 – 29 May 2004) (real name Géraud Marie de Sède de Liéoux) was a French author and member of various surrealist organizations. He is best-known for being part of the Priory of Sion hoax, and writing the book Le Tresor Maudit de Rennes-le-Chateau which introduced various (forged) medieval documents into the public consciousness.
Gérard Debreu Gerard Debreu (July 4, 1921 – December 31, 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician (In July 1975, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States). Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
GĂ©rard Desargues GĂ©rard Desargues (February 21 or March 2, 1591-October 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. He is the eponym of Desargues' theorem and of the crater Desargues on the Moon.
GĂ©rard Fromanger GĂ©rard Fromanger is a French artist born on 6 September 1939 in Jouars-Pontchartrain, Yvelines. A painter who has also used collage, sculpture, photography, cinema and lithography, he is associated with the French artistic movement of the 1960s and 1970s called Nouvelle Figuration (new figurative representation), somewhat like pop art.
Gérard Hoarau Gérard Hoarau (1950-1985) was an opposition leader in the Seychelles as head of the Seychelles National Party, which sought the peaceful overthrow of the France-Albert René regime. His opposition was based in London and began emerging as leader in 1981.
Gérard Janvion Gérard Janvion (born 21 August 1953 at Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a retired football defender from France, who played for AS Saint-Étienne (1972-83) and Paris Saint-Germain (1983-85) during his career. He earned 40 caps for the France national football team from 1975 to 1982, and participated in two World Cups (1978 and 1982).
Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin (born June 21, 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French actor who won a César Award for Best Actor in 1995 for Le fils préféré, and a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Taste of Others. Other appearances include Une semaine de vacances and 3 zéros.
GĂ©rard Latortue GĂ©rard Latortue (born June 19, 1934 at GonaĂŻves) was the Prime Minister of HaĂŻti from March 12 2004 to June 9 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many years, and briefly served as foreign minister of HaĂŻti during the short-lived 1988 administration of Leslie Manigat.
GĂ©rard Mourou GĂ©rard Mourou is a pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He invented a technique called chirped pulse amplification, or CPA, which was later used to create ultrashort-pulse, very high-intensity (terawatt) laser pulses.
Gérard Pelletier Gérard Pelletier, PC, CC, BA (June 21 1919 – June 22 1997) worked as a journalist for Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. First elected to Parliament in 1965, he served as a member of the cabinet of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
GĂ©rard Royal GĂ©rard Royal is the former agent of the French intelligence agency DGSE who is accused of being a Rainbow Warrior bomber. A long serving officer, who retired from the French Army with the rank of Colonel, Royal works in an "economic intelligence business".
GĂ©raud Michel de Pierredon GĂ©raud Michel de Pierredon, Comte de Pierredon is the present Ambassador of the Order of Malta to France, and was appointed to the post in 1982. He is author of a variety of works on the Order of Malta, and owner of the Museum of the Knights of Malta at Chateau de la Roche, Magne, France.
GĂ©ry van Outryve d'Ydewalle GĂ©ry van Outryve d'Ydewalle is a Belgian scientist and professor of the Laboratory for experimental psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven). In 1992, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences.
Géza Fejérváry Géza Baron Fejérváry de Komlós-Keresztes (15 March 1833 - 25 April 1914) was a Hungarian general who served as the prime minister in a government of bureaucrats appointed by King Franz Joseph during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1903-1907.
Géza Gyóni Géza Gyóni (25 June 1884 - 25 June 1917) was a Hungarian poet under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose works were hikjacked by the pro-war politician Jenó Rákosi both before and after his death during the First World War. This plagiarism infuriated Gyóni, whose attitudes to warfare drastically changed following his capture by the Russian Army during the spring of 1915 following the fall of Przemyśl.
GĂ©za Lakatos Knight GĂ©za Lakatos de CsĂkszentsimon (Hungarian title/name: "vitĂ©z CsĂkszentsimony Lakatos GĂ©za") (Budapest, April 30, 1890 – Adelaide, May 24, 1967) was a general in Hungary during World War II who served briefly as Prime Minister of Hungary, under regent MiklĂłs Horthy from August 29 1944, until October 15 1944. In August 1944 supporters of Lakatos and Horthy, armed with one tank, overthrew the German-installed government of Döme SztĂłjay.
Géza Maróczy [Maróczy (pronounced GEH-zaw MAHR-ot-see, not MarOXy) (3 March], [[1870—29 May, 1951) was a leading Hungarian chess master, one of the best players in the world in his time. He was also a practising engineer.
Géza von Habsburg Archduke Géza of Austria-Hungary (Géza Ladislaus Euseb Gerhard Rafael Albert Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, born in Budapest on the 14 November 1940 is the son of Joseph Franz, Archduke of Austria (1895-1957) and his wife Anna Pia Monika, Princess of Saxony (1903-1976) thus he is a grandson of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and great-great grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sissi). He is a Fabergé expert and has published many books and articles on the jewellers Peter Carl Fabergé and Victor Mayer.
GĂ©za Vermes GĂ©za Vermes (, born 22 June 1924) is a scholar and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian. He is a noted authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient works in Aramaic, and a controversial but respected authority on the life and religion of Jesus.
Gällivare Lapland Court District Gällivare Lapland Court District, or Gällivare lappmarks tingslag, was a district of Lapland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Gällivare Municipality Gällivare Municipality (Finnish: Jällivaara, Northern Sami: Jiellevárri / Váhčir, Meänkieli: Jellivaara) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Gällivare with 8,400 inhabitants.
Gänserndorf Gänserndorf is a town on the Marchfeld, Lower Austria and the capital of Bezirk Gänserndorf. It is about 20 km north of Vienna, to which it is connected by both the A8 autobahn and the Nordbahn railway line.
Gäp The Yaña Bistä slang, Yaña Bistä gäbe or simply Gäp was a distinct cryptolect of the Tatar language, spoken in Yaña Bistä (The New Quarter) of Kazan, traditionally known by it's high crime rate. This socialect has another vocabulary and grammar than standard Tatar and now is extinct.
Gävle goat The Gävle Goat (known in Swedish as the Julbocken i Gävle or Gävlebocken) is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw that stands in (Slottstorget) Castle Square in central Gävle. It is erected each year by a local association called the Southern Merchants, and another version is erected by a group of students from the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa.
Gävle Municipality Gävle Municipality ['yâvlə] is a Municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the seat of residence.Some of the most beautiful women in Sweden are from here according to local legend,citation needed
Göbekli Tepe Göbekli Tepe is an early Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey. It is famous for containing the world's oldest known stone temples (dated to before 9000 BC), and because it contradicts the long-held belief that the introduction of agriculture preceded the construction of large buildings.
Göcek Göcek is a township with own municipality depending Fethiye district center in Turkey's Muğla Province. It is one of the important centers of tourism, especially of yacht tourism, in Turkey and is home to a large yacht marina.
Gödel (programming language) Gödel is a declarative, general-purpose programming language that adheres to the logic programming paradigm. It is a strongly typed language, the type system being based on many-sorted logic with parametric polymorphism.
Gödel metric The Gödel metric is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the stress-energy tensor contains two terms, the first representing the matter density of a homogeneous distribution of swirling dust particles, and the second associated with a nonzero cosmological constant (see lambdavacuum solution). It is also known as the Gödel solution.
Gödel number In formal number theory a Gödel numbering is a function which assigns to each symbol and formula of some formal language a unique natural number called a Gödel number (GN). The concept was first used by Kurt Gödel for the proof of his incompleteness theorem.
Gödel Prize The Gödel Prize is a prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science, named after Kurt Gödel and awarded jointly by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (ACM SIGACT).
Gödel's completeness theorem Gödel's completeness theorem is an important theorem in mathematical logic which was first proved by Kurt Gödel in 1929. It states, in its most familiar form, that in first-order predicate calculus every logically valid formula is provable.
Gödel's incompleteness theorems In mathematical logic, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, proved by Kurt Gödel in 1931, are two celebrated theorems stating inherent limitations of all but the most trivial formal systems for arithmetic of mathematical interest.
Gödel, Escher, Bach Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid: A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Caroll (commonly GEB) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, published in 1979 by Basic Books. A new preface by Hofstadter accompanied a 20th anniversary re-edition (ISBN 0465026567), which was released in 1999.
Gök Runestone The Gök Runestone is, beside the nearby Ramsund carving, one of seven Swedish runestones that are the earliest extant representation of the legend of Sigurd who appears in the Iceland Völsunga saga and the German Nibelungenlied as well as in Richard Wagner's operas.
Gökhan Güleç Gökhan Güleç (born September 25, 1985 in Bursa, Turkey) is a football player who currently plays for Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü. He was transferred to his current club on January 17 2006 by French Manager Jean Tigana who was advised by Turkish National Team manager Fatih Terim.
Göksu Waterfall The Göksu waterfall is located on the Göksu, a tributary of the Kizilirmak, near the large village of Sizir in the vicinity of Gemerek in the Turkish province of Kayseri. A hydroelectric plant was erected on the Göksu river twenty-five years ago by the General Directorate of the Iller Bank in order to supply the city of Kayseri with electricity, but was later attached to the national grid.
GöktĂĽrks The GöktĂĽrks or Kök-TĂĽrks were a Turkic people of ancient North and Central Asia, Eastern Europe and northwestern China. Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (çŞĺŽĄ TĹ« juĂ©), the GöktĂĽrks under the leadership of Bumin/Tuman Khan/Khaghan (d.
Gömör-Kishont Gömör-Kishont (Hungarian: Gömör és Kishont, Slovak: Gemer a Malohont, German: Gemer und Kleinhont) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimavská Sobota.
Göran Kropp Göran Kropp (November 12, 1966 - September 30, 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, born in Jönköping in south Sweden. He is most famous for his May 23, 1996 solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support.
Göran Söllscher Göran Söllscher (born December 31, 1955) is a Swedish award-winning classical guitarist known for his broad range of musical interpretations, ranging from Bach to the Beatles. Söllscher's international carrier embarked during his years of education at the Royal Conservatory of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark; when he, at the age of 23, won the Concours International de Guitare in Paris, 1978.
Görel Johnsen Görel Johnsen was born 1949 in Skultorp, just outside Skövde in Sweden. Johnsen started working at the offices of Stig Anderson’s publishing company Sweden Music and the record company Polar Music in September 1969.
Görlitz Görlitz ( pronunciation, Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech Zhořelec, Polish: Zgorzelec) is a town in Germany on the river Neiße, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, with which it was united until 1945. Today it's the easternmost city in Germany.
Görlitzer Bahnhof Görlitzer Bahnhof was the name of the Berlin railway terminus for the mainline link between the capital, Cottbus in Brandenburg and Görlitz in Saxony. It stood overlooking Spreewaldplatz in the eastern part of Kreuzberg but wartime bombing and Cold War tensions led to its closure and eventual demolition.
Gösta Berlings saga Gösta Berling's Saga (Swedish: Gösta Berlings saga) was Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöf's first novel, published in 1891. The novel is a notable and still much read example of the 1890s wave of Swedish Neo-romanticism.
Gösta Bohman Bo Gösta Bohman (January 15, 1911 - August 12, 1997) was a Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, during a period in which the party strengthened its position in Swedish politics. He served as Minister for the Economy during the three-party centre-right Swedish governments 1976-1978 and 1979-1981.
Gösta Pettersson Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia.
Göta älv The Göta älv (river) drains lake Vänern into Kattegat, and the North Sea, at the city of Gothenburg on the western coast of Sweden. It is located in Götaland, with the river itself being a site of early Geatish settlement.
Götaland Götaland (), Gothia, GothlandNuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge (1907) A translation of the Völsunga saga, Gothenland, GotlandAmerican Heritage Dictionary, Gautland, Geatland is a historical land of Sweden. Geographically it is located in the south of Sweden, bounded to the north by Svealand, with the deep woods of Tiveden, Tylöskog and Kolmården marking the border.
Götaland theory The term Götaland theory (Swedish Västgötaskolan) refers to the view that the foundation of Sweden was not in East Sweden, but in West Sweden. Although well-known in Sweden and fervently preached by its adherents, it is considered to lack scholarly foundation.
Götaplatsen Götaplatsen is a public square in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the southern end of Kungsportsavenyn (The King's Gate Avenue), the city's main street. The square was inaugurated when Gothenburg held a major international industrial exhibition, 1923, celebrating the city's 300th anniversary.
Götavirke Götavirke (Geatish Dyke) are the remains of two parallel defensive walls going from north to south between the villages of Västra Husby () and Hylinge () in Östergötland, Sweden. The walls cover the distance between the lakes Asplången () and Lillsjön ().
Göteborg Botanical Garden The Gothenburg Botanical Garden is one of the leading botanical gardens in Europe. It was was planned by the city council, created thanks to generous donors, and inaugurated in 1923 when Gothenburg celebrated its 300th anniversary.
Göteborgs BK Göteborgs BK ("Gothenburg Ball Club") is a now defunct Swedish football club which was located in Gothenburg. The club is the oldest football club in Sweden known by name, and the second oldest known club in Sweden, only preceded by an unnamed society from Gothenburg that was mentioned in an article in Göteborgs-Posten in May 1874.
Göteborgs FF Göteborgs FF is a now defunct Swedish football club founded on 20 August 1897 and located in Gothenburg. The club is two times runners-up in Svenska Mästerskapet (first in 1899 and then in 1903) which decided the Swedish Champions in early Swedish football.
Göteborgs Konsthall Göteborgs Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art in Göteborg, Sweden, showing both Swedish and international art. It is placed in a classicistic building from 1923 at Götaplatsen in the centre of the city.
Göteborgs Rapé Göteborgs Rapé is a Swedish brand of snus which has been produced since 1917 by Swedish Match. Göteborgs Rapé is French and means grate, and is descended from times when you had to tear apart your own tobacco snuff on a little rasp.
Göteborgsvarvet Göteborgsvarvet is an annual half marathon running competition in Gothenburg, the second-largest city in Sweden. It is the largest annual running competition in Sweden, with about 30,000 participants each year.
Götterdämmerung ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the Ring.
Göttingen (district) Göttingen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Northeim and Osterode, and by the states of Thuringia (district of Eichsfeld) and Hesse (districts of Werra-Meißner and Kassel).
Göttingen State and University Library The Göttingen State and University Library (German: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, or SUB Göttingen; English short form: Goettingen SUB) is the library for Göttingen University as well as the central library for the German State of Lower Saxony (with its central catalogue), and the library for the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen. It also houses the Goettinger Digitalisierungszentrum, the GBV regional library consortium offices, and numerous projects in librarianship and related fields as well as providing such online services as its virtual library and Vascoda.
Göttinger 18 The Göttinger Achtzehn (Göttingen eighteen) was a group of eighteen leading nuclear researchers of the newly-founded Federal Republic of Germany who wrote a manifesto (Göttinger Manifest, Göttinger Erklärung) on April 12th, 1957, opposing chancellor Konrad Adenauer and defense secretary Franz-Josef Strauß's move to arm the Western German army, the Bundeswehr, with tactical nuclear weapons.
Göttinger Manifest The Göttinger Manifest was a declaration of 18 leading nuclear scientists of Western Germany against arming the Western German army with tactical nuclear weapons in the 1950s, the early Cold War time, like the Western German government under chancellor Adenauer suggested.
Göttinger Miszellen Göttinger Miszellen (often abbreviated as GM) is a scientific journal published by the Seminar für Ägyptologie and Koptologie (Göttingen, Germany) which contains short scholarly articles on Egyptological, Coptological, and other related subjects.
Götz Friedrich Götz Friedrich (born August 4, 1930 in Naumburg, Germany, died December 12, 2000 in Berlin, Germany) was a German opera and theater director. He was general manager of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2000.
Götz George Götz George (born July 23, 1938 in Berlin, real name Götz Schulz) is a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg commissar Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series Tatort.
Götz Otto Götz Otto (born October 15 1967 in Dietzenbach, Offenbach, Germany) is a powerfully built German actor perhaps most famous for his portrayal as Mr. Stamper the assistant of Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) in the 1997 James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies.
Gør det noget When Gasolin' released "Gør det noget" in November 1977 (translation: "does it matter" or "so what") they knew it was their last album. After the ambitious "Gas 5" and "Efter endnu en dag", Gasolin decided to make a garage-rock album.
Gørlev Gørlev municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 92,06 km², and has a total population of 6,556 (2005).
GÉANT2 GÉANT2 is the seventh generation of pan-European research and education network, successor to the pan-European multi-gigabit research network GÉANT. The project within which the network is funded began officially on 1 September 2004, and will run for four years.
Gęsiówka Gęsiówka (Polish informal name for the prison on Gęsia street (now: Anielewicza street), was a prison in Warsaw, Poland. In 1943, during the German occupation of Poland, it was joined with a nearby Pawiak prison and formed the part of the Warsaw concentration camp.
GÄ«lÄn Province Gilân (Persian: گیلان, locally known as Guilan) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, known during ancient times as part of Hyrcania. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin.
Għajn Tuffieħa Tower Ghajn Tuffieha Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta built by the Knights of Malta. It is a small fortification, primarily a watchtower, though it was originally armed with a half pounder gun, and was garrisoned by a small troop of four men.
Għallis Tower Għallis Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta built by the Knights of Malta. It's a small fortification, primarily a watchtower, though it was originally armed with a three inch iron cannon, and was garrisoned by a bombardier and three gunners.
Gábor Darvas Gábor Darvas (until 1952 Gábor Steinberger) (January 18, 1911 – February 18, 1985) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. He was one of the first Hungarian composers to work in the field of electronic music.
Gábor Demszky Gábor Demszky (born 4 August 1952) is a Hungarian politician, lawyer and sociologist by qualification. Demszky was formerly a Member of the European Parliament for the Alliance of Free Democrats (part of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party), having been elected in the 2004 election, but due to controversial provisions and interpretation problems in the Act on Local Governments concerning conflicts of interests of mayors, he was replaced on 29 October 2004 by Viktória Mohácsi (of the same party) after resigning to remain Mayor of Budapest.
Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi (born May 28, 1981 in Budapest, Hungary) is a professional motorcycle racer, racing in 2007 for the MVA Master Aspar team in the motorcycle world championship's 125 cc category, on a works Aprilia bike.
Gábor Totola Gábor Totola (born 10 December, 1973) is a Hungarian fencer, who won a silver medal in the team Épée competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona together with Krisztián Kulcsár, Ferenc Hegedüs, Ernõ Kolczonay and Iván Kovács.
Gáe Bulg The Gáe Bulg (also Gáe Bulga, Gáe Bolg, Gáe Bolga, meaning "notched spear", "belly spear", "bellows-dart," or possibly "lightning spear") was the spear of Cúchulainn in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. It was given to him by his teacher, the warrior princess Scáthach, and its technique was taught only to him.
Gávea Gávea is an upper-class residential neighborhood located in the Southern Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It borders the São Conrado, Leblon, Lagoa and Jardim Botânico neighborhoods and is famous for its high concentration of artists and intelectuals.
Gávea Investimentos Gávea Investimentos is a Brazilian independent investment firm, founded in 2003 by Arminio Fraga, former head of the Central Bank of Brazil, and Ilan Goldfajn, his deputy secretary for economic policy while on the Central Bank of Brazil.
Gîsca Gîsca (meaning "goose" in Moldovan; Romanian: "Gîsca", Russian form: Gyska) is a village near Bender in Bessarabia. It is under de facto control of Transnistria, a breakaway region of Moldova.
GĂ«lle Fra The Monument of Remembrance (), usually known by the nickname of the GĂ«lle Fra (Luxembourgish for 'Golden Lady'), is a war memorial in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is dedicated to the thousands of Luxembourgers that volunteered for service in the armed forces in the Allied Powers in the First World War.
Gécamines Gécamines, or La Générale des Carrières et des Mines, is a Congolese state-owned mining company. Its principal products are copper (for which Katanga is well known, and which often accounted for 50% of export earnings), cobalt and zinc.
Génépi Génépi or Genepy is a general term given by residents from the Alps to several rare, aromatic Alpine plants (such as Artemisia mutellina, Artemisia spicata, Artemisia umbelliformis and Artemisia glacialis) and is also the name of a digestif or liqueur produced in the region.
Général de division A Général de division (translated in English as a Major General) is a French military rank above a Général de brigade (translated in English as a Brigadier General) and below a Lieutenant General. His nominal command is that of a division.
Généralité Recettes générales, commonly known as généralités, were the administrative divisions of France under the Ancien Régime and are often considered to prefigure the current préfectures. At the time of the French Revolution, there were thirty-six généralités.
Génie du christianisme Génie du christianisme (English: The Genius of Christianity) is a work by the French author François-René de Chateaubriand, written during his exile in England in the 1790s as a defence of the Christian religion, then under attack during the French Revolution. It was first published in France in 1802, after Chateaubriand had taken advantage of the amnesty Napoleon issued to émigrés, which had allowed him to return to his home country in 1800.
GĂ©nies en herbe GĂ©nies en herbe ('fledgling geniuses') was a Quebec television program in which students representing their Ă©cole secondaire (Quebec high schools) participated in trivia tournaments. Reach for the Top is an English Canadian equivalent.
GĂ©noise Cake A GĂ©noise Cake is an Italian cake named after Genoa that does not use any leavening and instead uses air suspended in the batter during mixing to give volume to the cake. It is called a Genoise sponge cake to differentiate itself from other sponge cakes that beat their yolks and whites of the eggs separately.
Géographica Géographica is the French-language magazine of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS), published under the Society's French name, the Société géographique royale du Canada (SGRC). Introduced in 1997, Géographica is not a stand-alone publication, but is published as a regular supplement to L'Actualité magazine.
Gérald Larose Gérald Larose (born October 24, 1945) is a Quebec activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. He is presently head of the Conseil de la souveraineté du Québec, a Quebec independence organization.
GĂ©rald Merceron GĂ©rald Merceron (born February 25, 1973 in Cognac, France) is a rugby player who won 32 caps playing at fly-half for the French rugby union side. He made his international test debut at the age of 26 on 3 June, 1999 as a replacement against Romania which was won 65-8.
Gérald Mossé Gérald Mossé (born January 3, 1968 in France) is a jockey in thoroughbred horse racing. He began riding professionally in April of 1983 and his success during his apprenticeship under Patrick-Louis Biancone led to an offer to ride for renowned trainer François Boutin and his stable of horses belonging to Jean-Luc Lagardère.
Gérald Tremblay Gérald Tremblay (born September 20, 1942 in Ottawa) is a Canadian (Québécois) politician currently serving his second term as mayor of the City of Montreal (French: Ville de Montréal) and as president of the Metropolitan Community of Montreal (French: Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal). Before becoming mayor he had a long career in business and provincial politics.
GĂ©rard Audran GĂ©rard Audran (or Girard Audran) (1640, Lyon - 1703, Paris) was the most celebrated French engraver, of the famous Audran family, the third son of Claude Audran. He was taught the first principles of design ad engraving by his father; and, following the example of his brother, went to Pairs to perfect himself in his art.
Gérard Berry Gérard Philippe Berry (born 1948) is a French computer scientist, member of French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences), French Academy of Technologies (Académie des technologies), and Academia Europaea. Berry's work, which spans over more than 30 years, brought important contributions to three main fields:
Gérard Blitz (sportsman) Gérard Blitz (August 1, 1901 – March 8, 1979) was a Belgian Olympic swimmer and waterpolo player during 1920s. Born in Amsterdam, he was the younger brother of Maurice Blitz, also a waterpolo player, and uncle of Gérard Blitz who founded Club Med in 1950.
Gérard Bouchard Gérard Bouchard (December 26 1943 – ) is a historian, sociologist, and writer from Quebec, Canada, affiliated with the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi. Born in Jonquière, Quebec he obtained his Master's Degree in Sociology from Laval University in 1968 and later obtained his Ph.
Gérard de Sède Gérard de Sède (5 June 1921 – 29 May 2004) (real name Géraud Marie de Sède de Liéoux) was a French author and member of various surrealist organizations. He is best-known for being part of the Priory of Sion hoax, and writing the book Le Tresor Maudit de Rennes-le-Chateau which introduced various (forged) medieval documents into the public consciousness.
Gérard Debreu Gerard Debreu (July 4, 1921 – December 31, 2004) was a French-born economist and mathematician (In July 1975, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States). Best known as a professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he began work in 1962, he won the 1983 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
GĂ©rard Desargues GĂ©rard Desargues (February 21 or March 2, 1591-October 1661) was a French mathematician and engineer, who is considered one of the founders of projective geometry. He is the eponym of Desargues' theorem and of the crater Desargues on the Moon.
GĂ©rard Fromanger GĂ©rard Fromanger is a French artist born on 6 September 1939 in Jouars-Pontchartrain, Yvelines. A painter who has also used collage, sculpture, photography, cinema and lithography, he is associated with the French artistic movement of the 1960s and 1970s called Nouvelle Figuration (new figurative representation), somewhat like pop art.
Gérard Hoarau Gérard Hoarau (1950-1985) was an opposition leader in the Seychelles as head of the Seychelles National Party, which sought the peaceful overthrow of the France-Albert René regime. His opposition was based in London and began emerging as leader in 1981.
Gérard Janvion Gérard Janvion (born 21 August 1953 at Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a retired football defender from France, who played for AS Saint-Étienne (1972-83) and Paris Saint-Germain (1983-85) during his career. He earned 40 caps for the France national football team from 1975 to 1982, and participated in two World Cups (1978 and 1982).
Gérard Lanvin Gérard Lanvin (born June 21, 1950 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French actor who won a César Award for Best Actor in 1995 for Le fils préféré, and a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for The Taste of Others. Other appearances include Une semaine de vacances and 3 zéros.
GĂ©rard Latortue GĂ©rard Latortue (born June 19, 1934 at GonaĂŻves) was the Prime Minister of HaĂŻti from March 12 2004 to June 9 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many years, and briefly served as foreign minister of HaĂŻti during the short-lived 1988 administration of Leslie Manigat.
GĂ©rard Mourou GĂ©rard Mourou is a pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He invented a technique called chirped pulse amplification, or CPA, which was later used to create ultrashort-pulse, very high-intensity (terawatt) laser pulses.
Gérard Pelletier Gérard Pelletier, PC, CC, BA (June 21 1919 – June 22 1997) worked as a journalist for Le Devoir, a French-language newspaper in Montreal, Quebec. First elected to Parliament in 1965, he served as a member of the cabinet of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
GĂ©rard Royal GĂ©rard Royal is the former agent of the French intelligence agency DGSE who is accused of being a Rainbow Warrior bomber. A long serving officer, who retired from the French Army with the rank of Colonel, Royal works in an "economic intelligence business".
GĂ©raud Michel de Pierredon GĂ©raud Michel de Pierredon, Comte de Pierredon is the present Ambassador of the Order of Malta to France, and was appointed to the post in 1982. He is author of a variety of works on the Order of Malta, and owner of the Museum of the Knights of Malta at Chateau de la Roche, Magne, France.
GĂ©ry van Outryve d'Ydewalle GĂ©ry van Outryve d'Ydewalle is a Belgian scientist and professor of the Laboratory for experimental psychology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Leuven). In 1992, he was awarded the Francqui Prize on Human Sciences.
Géza Fejérváry Géza Baron Fejérváry de Komlós-Keresztes (15 March 1833 - 25 April 1914) was a Hungarian general who served as the prime minister in a government of bureaucrats appointed by King Franz Joseph during the Hungarian Constitutional Crisis of 1903-1907.
Géza Gyóni Géza Gyóni (25 June 1884 - 25 June 1917) was a Hungarian poet under the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, whose works were hikjacked by the pro-war politician Jenó Rákosi both before and after his death during the First World War. This plagiarism infuriated Gyóni, whose attitudes to warfare drastically changed following his capture by the Russian Army during the spring of 1915 following the fall of Przemyśl.
GĂ©za Lakatos Knight GĂ©za Lakatos de CsĂkszentsimon (Hungarian title/name: "vitĂ©z CsĂkszentsimony Lakatos GĂ©za") (Budapest, April 30, 1890 – Adelaide, May 24, 1967) was a general in Hungary during World War II who served briefly as Prime Minister of Hungary, under regent MiklĂłs Horthy from August 29 1944, until October 15 1944. In August 1944 supporters of Lakatos and Horthy, armed with one tank, overthrew the German-installed government of Döme SztĂłjay.
Géza Maróczy [Maróczy (pronounced GEH-zaw MAHR-ot-see, not MarOXy) (3 March], [[1870—29 May, 1951) was a leading Hungarian chess master, one of the best players in the world in his time. He was also a practising engineer.
Géza von Habsburg Archduke Géza of Austria-Hungary (Géza Ladislaus Euseb Gerhard Rafael Albert Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, born in Budapest on the 14 November 1940 is the son of Joseph Franz, Archduke of Austria (1895-1957) and his wife Anna Pia Monika, Princess of Saxony (1903-1976) thus he is a grandson of King Frederick Augustus III of Saxony and great-great grandson of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria and his wife Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sissi). He is a Fabergé expert and has published many books and articles on the jewellers Peter Carl Fabergé and Victor Mayer.
GĂ©za Vermes GĂ©za Vermes (, born 22 June 1924) is a scholar and writer on religious history, particularly Jewish and Christian. He is a noted authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls and other ancient works in Aramaic, and a controversial but respected authority on the life and religion of Jesus.
Gällivare Lapland Court District Gällivare Lapland Court District, or Gällivare lappmarks tingslag, was a district of Lapland in Sweden. The provinces in Norrland were never divided into hundreds and instead the court district (tingslag) served as the basic division of rural areas.
Gällivare Municipality Gällivare Municipality (Finnish: Jällivaara, Northern Sami: Jiellevárri / Váhčir, Meänkieli: Jellivaara) is a Swedish municipality in Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden. Its seat is in the town Gällivare with 8,400 inhabitants.
Gänserndorf Gänserndorf is a town on the Marchfeld, Lower Austria and the capital of Bezirk Gänserndorf. It is about 20 km north of Vienna, to which it is connected by both the A8 autobahn and the Nordbahn railway line.
Gäp The Yaña Bistä slang, Yaña Bistä gäbe or simply Gäp was a distinct cryptolect of the Tatar language, spoken in Yaña Bistä (The New Quarter) of Kazan, traditionally known by it's high crime rate. This socialect has another vocabulary and grammar than standard Tatar and now is extinct.
Gävle goat The Gävle Goat (known in Swedish as the Julbocken i Gävle or Gävlebocken) is a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw that stands in (Slottstorget) Castle Square in central Gävle. It is erected each year by a local association called the Southern Merchants, and another version is erected by a group of students from the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa.
Gävle Municipality Gävle Municipality ['yâvlə] is a Municipality in east central Sweden where the City Gävle is the seat of residence.Some of the most beautiful women in Sweden are from here according to local legend,citation needed
Göbekli Tepe Göbekli Tepe is an early Neolithic site in southeastern Turkey. It is famous for containing the world's oldest known stone temples (dated to before 9000 BC), and because it contradicts the long-held belief that the introduction of agriculture preceded the construction of large buildings.
Göcek Göcek is a township with own municipality depending Fethiye district center in Turkey's Muğla Province. It is one of the important centers of tourism, especially of yacht tourism, in Turkey and is home to a large yacht marina.
Gödel (programming language) Gödel is a declarative, general-purpose programming language that adheres to the logic programming paradigm. It is a strongly typed language, the type system being based on many-sorted logic with parametric polymorphism.
Gödel metric The Gödel metric is an exact solution of the Einstein field equation in which the stress-energy tensor contains two terms, the first representing the matter density of a homogeneous distribution of swirling dust particles, and the second associated with a nonzero cosmological constant (see lambdavacuum solution). It is also known as the Gödel solution.
Gödel number In formal number theory a Gödel numbering is a function which assigns to each symbol and formula of some formal language a unique natural number called a Gödel number (GN). The concept was first used by Kurt Gödel for the proof of his incompleteness theorem.
Gödel Prize The Gödel Prize is a prize for outstanding papers in theoretical computer science, named after Kurt Gödel and awarded jointly by the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) and the Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Algorithms and Computation Theory (ACM SIGACT).
Gödel's completeness theorem Gödel's completeness theorem is an important theorem in mathematical logic which was first proved by Kurt Gödel in 1929. It states, in its most familiar form, that in first-order predicate calculus every logically valid formula is provable.
Gödel's incompleteness theorems In mathematical logic, Gödel's incompleteness theorems, proved by Kurt Gödel in 1931, are two celebrated theorems stating inherent limitations of all but the most trivial formal systems for arithmetic of mathematical interest.
Gödel, Escher, Bach Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid: A metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of Lewis Caroll (commonly GEB) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Douglas Hofstadter, published in 1979 by Basic Books. A new preface by Hofstadter accompanied a 20th anniversary re-edition (ISBN 0465026567), which was released in 1999.
Gök Runestone The Gök Runestone is, beside the nearby Ramsund carving, one of seven Swedish runestones that are the earliest extant representation of the legend of Sigurd who appears in the Iceland Völsunga saga and the German Nibelungenlied as well as in Richard Wagner's operas.
Gökhan Güleç Gökhan Güleç (born September 25, 1985 in Bursa, Turkey) is a football player who currently plays for Beşiktaş Jimnastik Kulübü. He was transferred to his current club on January 17 2006 by French Manager Jean Tigana who was advised by Turkish National Team manager Fatih Terim.
Göksu Waterfall The Göksu waterfall is located on the Göksu, a tributary of the Kizilirmak, near the large village of Sizir in the vicinity of Gemerek in the Turkish province of Kayseri. A hydroelectric plant was erected on the Göksu river twenty-five years ago by the General Directorate of the Iller Bank in order to supply the city of Kayseri with electricity, but was later attached to the national grid.
GöktĂĽrks The GöktĂĽrks or Kök-TĂĽrks were a Turkic people of ancient North and Central Asia, Eastern Europe and northwestern China. Known in medieval Chinese sources as Tujue (çŞĺŽĄ TĹ« juĂ©), the GöktĂĽrks under the leadership of Bumin/Tuman Khan/Khaghan (d.
Gömör-Kishont Gömör-Kishont (Hungarian: Gömör és Kishont, Slovak: Gemer a Malohont, German: Gemer und Kleinhont) is the name of a historic administrative county (comitatus) of the Kingdom of Hungary. Its capital was Rimavská Sobota.
Göran Kropp Göran Kropp (November 12, 1966 - September 30, 2002) was a Swedish adventurer and mountaineer, born in Jönköping in south Sweden. He is most famous for his May 23, 1996 solo ascent of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen or Sherpa support.
Göran Söllscher Göran Söllscher (born December 31, 1955) is a Swedish award-winning classical guitarist known for his broad range of musical interpretations, ranging from Bach to the Beatles. Söllscher's international carrier embarked during his years of education at the Royal Conservatory of Copenhagen in Copenhagen, Denmark; when he, at the age of 23, won the Concours International de Guitare in Paris, 1978.
Görel Johnsen Görel Johnsen was born 1949 in Skultorp, just outside Skövde in Sweden. Johnsen started working at the offices of Stig Anderson’s publishing company Sweden Music and the record company Polar Music in September 1969.
Görlitz Görlitz ( pronunciation, Lusatian: Zhorjelc, Czech Zhořelec, Polish: Zgorzelec) is a town in Germany on the river Neiße, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, with which it was united until 1945. Today it's the easternmost city in Germany.
Görlitzer Bahnhof Görlitzer Bahnhof was the name of the Berlin railway terminus for the mainline link between the capital, Cottbus in Brandenburg and Görlitz in Saxony. It stood overlooking Spreewaldplatz in the eastern part of Kreuzberg but wartime bombing and Cold War tensions led to its closure and eventual demolition.
Gösta Berlings saga Gösta Berling's Saga (Swedish: Gösta Berlings saga) was Nobel laureate Selma Lagerlöf's first novel, published in 1891. The novel is a notable and still much read example of the 1890s wave of Swedish Neo-romanticism.
Gösta Bohman Bo Gösta Bohman (January 15, 1911 - August 12, 1997) was a Swedish politician and the leader of the Swedish liberal conservative Moderate Party from 1970 to 1981, during a period in which the party strengthened its position in Swedish politics. He served as Minister for the Economy during the three-party centre-right Swedish governments 1976-1978 and 1979-1981.
Gösta Pettersson Gösta Pettersson (born November 23, 1940 in Alingsås Municipality) is a Swedish former professional road racing cyclist and three-time Olympic medalist. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1971 Giro d'Italia.
Göta älv The Göta älv (river) drains lake Vänern into Kattegat, and the North Sea, at the city of Gothenburg on the western coast of Sweden. It is located in Götaland, with the river itself being a site of early Geatish settlement.
Götaland Götaland (), Gothia, GothlandNuttall Encyclopædia of General Knowledge (1907) A translation of the Völsunga saga, Gothenland, GotlandAmerican Heritage Dictionary, Gautland, Geatland is a historical land of Sweden. Geographically it is located in the south of Sweden, bounded to the north by Svealand, with the deep woods of Tiveden, Tylöskog and Kolmården marking the border.
Götaland theory The term Götaland theory (Swedish Västgötaskolan) refers to the view that the foundation of Sweden was not in East Sweden, but in West Sweden. Although well-known in Sweden and fervently preached by its adherents, it is considered to lack scholarly foundation.
Götaplatsen Götaplatsen is a public square in Gothenburg, Sweden, at the southern end of Kungsportsavenyn (The King's Gate Avenue), the city's main street. The square was inaugurated when Gothenburg held a major international industrial exhibition, 1923, celebrating the city's 300th anniversary.
Götavirke Götavirke (Geatish Dyke) are the remains of two parallel defensive walls going from north to south between the villages of Västra Husby () and Hylinge () in Östergötland, Sweden. The walls cover the distance between the lakes Asplången () and Lillsjön ().
Göteborg Botanical Garden The Gothenburg Botanical Garden is one of the leading botanical gardens in Europe. It was was planned by the city council, created thanks to generous donors, and inaugurated in 1923 when Gothenburg celebrated its 300th anniversary.
Göteborgs BK Göteborgs BK ("Gothenburg Ball Club") is a now defunct Swedish football club which was located in Gothenburg. The club is the oldest football club in Sweden known by name, and the second oldest known club in Sweden, only preceded by an unnamed society from Gothenburg that was mentioned in an article in Göteborgs-Posten in May 1874.
Göteborgs FF Göteborgs FF is a now defunct Swedish football club founded on 20 August 1897 and located in Gothenburg. The club is two times runners-up in Svenska Mästerskapet (first in 1899 and then in 1903) which decided the Swedish Champions in early Swedish football.
Göteborgs Konsthall Göteborgs Konsthall is a centre for contemporary art in Göteborg, Sweden, showing both Swedish and international art. It is placed in a classicistic building from 1923 at Götaplatsen in the centre of the city.
Göteborgs Rapé Göteborgs Rapé is a Swedish brand of snus which has been produced since 1917 by Swedish Match. Göteborgs Rapé is French and means grate, and is descended from times when you had to tear apart your own tobacco snuff on a little rasp.
Göteborgsvarvet Göteborgsvarvet is an annual half marathon running competition in Gothenburg, the second-largest city in Sweden. It is the largest annual running competition in Sweden, with about 30,000 participants each year.
Götterdämmerung ("Twilight of the Gods" – see Notes) is the last of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), by Richard Wagner. It received its premiere at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus on 17 August 1876, as part of the first complete performance of the Ring.
Göttingen (district) Göttingen is a district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Northeim and Osterode, and by the states of Thuringia (district of Eichsfeld) and Hesse (districts of Werra-Meißner and Kassel).
Göttingen State and University Library The Göttingen State and University Library (German: Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, or SUB Göttingen; English short form: Goettingen SUB) is the library for Göttingen University as well as the central library for the German State of Lower Saxony (with its central catalogue), and the library for the Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Goettingen. It also houses the Goettinger Digitalisierungszentrum, the GBV regional library consortium offices, and numerous projects in librarianship and related fields as well as providing such online services as its virtual library and Vascoda.
Göttinger 18 The Göttinger Achtzehn (Göttingen eighteen) was a group of eighteen leading nuclear researchers of the newly-founded Federal Republic of Germany who wrote a manifesto (Göttinger Manifest, Göttinger Erklärung) on April 12th, 1957, opposing chancellor Konrad Adenauer and defense secretary Franz-Josef Strauß's move to arm the Western German army, the Bundeswehr, with tactical nuclear weapons.
Göttinger Manifest The Göttinger Manifest was a declaration of 18 leading nuclear scientists of Western Germany against arming the Western German army with tactical nuclear weapons in the 1950s, the early Cold War time, like the Western German government under chancellor Adenauer suggested.
Göttinger Miszellen Göttinger Miszellen (often abbreviated as GM) is a scientific journal published by the Seminar für Ägyptologie and Koptologie (Göttingen, Germany) which contains short scholarly articles on Egyptological, Coptological, and other related subjects.
Götz Friedrich Götz Friedrich (born August 4, 1930 in Naumburg, Germany, died December 12, 2000 in Berlin, Germany) was a German opera and theater director. He was general manager of the Deutsche Oper Berlin from 1981 to 2000.
Götz George Götz George (born July 23, 1938 in Berlin, real name Götz Schulz) is a German actor, son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg commissar Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series Tatort.
Götz Otto Götz Otto (born October 15 1967 in Dietzenbach, Offenbach, Germany) is a powerfully built German actor perhaps most famous for his portrayal as Mr. Stamper the assistant of Elliot Carver (Jonathan Pryce) in the 1997 James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies.
Gør det noget When Gasolin' released "Gør det noget" in November 1977 (translation: "does it matter" or "so what") they knew it was their last album. After the ambitious "Gas 5" and "Efter endnu en dag", Gasolin decided to make a garage-rock album.
Gørlev Gørlev municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in West Zealand County on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 92,06 km², and has a total population of 6,556 (2005).
GÉANT2 GÉANT2 is the seventh generation of pan-European research and education network, successor to the pan-European multi-gigabit research network GÉANT. The project within which the network is funded began officially on 1 September 2004, and will run for four years.
Gęsiówka Gęsiówka (Polish informal name for the prison on Gęsia street (now: Anielewicza street), was a prison in Warsaw, Poland. In 1943, during the German occupation of Poland, it was joined with a nearby Pawiak prison and formed the part of the Warsaw concentration camp.
GÄ«lÄn Province Gilân (Persian: گیلان, locally known as Guilan) is one of the 30 provinces of Iran, known during ancient times as part of Hyrcania. It lies along the Caspian Sea, just west of the province of Mazandaran, east of the province of Ardabil, north of the provinces of Zanjan and Qazvin.
Għajn Tuffieħa Tower Ghajn Tuffieha Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta built by the Knights of Malta. It is a small fortification, primarily a watchtower, though it was originally armed with a half pounder gun, and was garrisoned by a small troop of four men.
Għallis Tower Għallis Tower is a fortification on the island of Malta built by the Knights of Malta. It's a small fortification, primarily a watchtower, though it was originally armed with a three inch iron cannon, and was garrisoned by a bombardier and three gunners.
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