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Għar Dalam Għar Dalam (pronounced ar dàlam in Maltese and meaning "Cave of Darkness") is an extraordinary prehistorical cul de sac containing the bone remains of animals that were stranded and subsequently became extinct on Malta at the end of the Ice age. Dwarf elephant, hippopotamus, deer and bear bone deposits found there are of a different age; the hippopotamuses became extinct about 180,000 years ago, whilst the deer species became extinct much later, about 18,000 years ago.
Għasri Għasri (or L-Għasri) is a village in the western part of Gozo (Malta), with a population of 417 people (Nov 2005). By population is the smallest village in Gozo, and the second smallest in the Maltese Islands, after Mdina (258 people).
Għonnella The għonnella, pronounced "awe-nel-la" (pl. għonnielen, pronounced "awe-nee-lan"), sometimes referred to as a Faldetta, was a form of women's head dress and shawl, or hooded cloak, unique to the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo.
Gălăciuc Gălăciuc (pronounced Gah-lah-chook) is a youth camp in Vrancea county, Romania, 3 km west from Tulnici village, 10 km east of Lepşa resort and 75 km west of Focşani at an altitude of 710 meters, near National Road 2D, in some of the most beautiful and picturesque surroundings in the Carpathians. Built in the 1970's in a very remote, mountainous region, it is the host of some national or international contests such as the Infoeducatie Applied Informatics Contests or The Omega Balkanic Physics contest.
Gbadolite Agreement The Gbadolite Agreement was signed on 31 December 2002 by three of the warring factions in the Second Congo War: the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), the Rally for Congolese Democracy-National (RCD-N) and the Rally for Congolese Democracy-Liberation Movement (RCD-ML). All three of these rebel groups were backed by the government of Uganda.
Gbarpolu County Created in 2001, Gbarpolu is the youngest of Liberia's 15 counties. It is situated in the northwest of Liberia, occupies an area of approximately 1,263 square miles, and was estimated to have a population of 131,227 inhabitants before the war.
Gbe languages The Gbe languages (pronounced )The〈gb〉is a voiced labio-velar plosive, common in many African languages. form a cluster of about twenty related languages stretching across the area between eastern Ghana and western Nigeria.
Gbenga Oluokun Gbenga Oluokun (born January 16, 1970) is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country. There he was stopped in the round of sixteen of the super heavyweight (over 91 kg) division by Italy's eventual runner-up Roberto Cammarelle.
GB 18030 GB18030 is the registered Internet name for the official character set of the People's Republic of China (PRC) superseding GB 2312. This character set is formally called "Chinese National Standard GB 18030-2000: Information Technology -- Chinese ideograms coded character set for information interchange -- Extension for the basic set".
GB 2312 GB2312 is the registered internet name for a key official character set of the People's Republic of China, used for simplified Chinese characters. GB abbreviates Guojia Biaozhun (国家标准), which means national standard in Chinese.
GB-9700 Gundam Belphagor The GB-9700 Gundam Belphagor was one of Gundam-type mobile suits created by the Old Earth Federation to fight against the Space Revolutionary Army during 7th Space War. Unlike the other Gundams, Belphagor was created as an anti-Newtype mobile suit.
GB-PVR GB-PVR is a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) software program for Microsoft Windows available free of charge that allows a computer's TV tuner card to be used to record and pause live TV, much like a PVR box such as TiVo. It can also be used to play music, watch DVD's, view pictures, and listen to FM and Internet Radio.
GBA Movie Player The GBA Movie Player, abbreviated GBAMP, is a device that reads CompactFlash or Secure Digital cards to upload data onto the Game Boy Advance (it is also fully compatible with the Nintendo DS's GBA compatibility mode). With this device, a user can play NES games through the PocketNES emulator, play GBA games up to a size of 256 KB, watch video, listen to specially converted music files, and read .
GBA Pokémon Firered & Leafgreen Super Complete is a soundtrack of video game music from the video games Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, composed by Jun'ichi Masuda and arranged by Go Ichinose and Mori'ichi Aoki. It was released on 26 May, 2004 and is priced at ￥2730.
GBA Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire Music Super Complete is a two-disc soundtrack featuring background music from Pokémon Ruby and Pokémon Sapphire, composed and arranged by Jun'ichi Masuda, Go Ichinose, and Mori'ichi Aoki. It does not contain new music used in Pokémon Emerald.
GBU-12 Paveway II The GBU-12 PAVEWAY II laser-guided bomb is an American aerial bomb, based on the Mk 82 500-pound general-purpose bomb, but with the addition of a nose-mounted laser seeker and fins for guidance. A member of the PAVEWAY series of weapons, PAVEWAY 2 entered into service c.
GBU-15 Guided Bomb Unit 15 is an unpowered, glide weapon used to destroy high-value enemy targets. It was designed for use with F-15E Strike Eagle, F-111 'Aardvark' and F-4 Phantom II aircraft, but the United States Air Force is currently only deploying it from the F-15E.
GBU-27 Paveway III The GBU-27 Paveway III (Guided Bomb Unit) is a laser-guided bomb with bunker buster capabilities. It is a GBU-24 Paveway III that has been redesigned to be used by the F-117A Nighthawk stealth ground attack aircraft.
GBU-28 The Guided Bomb Unit 28 (GBU-28) is a 5,000 pound laser-guided "bunker busting" bomb produced originally by the Texas Instruments division Defense Systems and Electronics Group (division since sold to Raytheon). It was specifically developed for US Military use in Operation Desert Storm to penetrate hardened Iraqi command centres located deep under ground.
GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb The GBU-39 Small-Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a 250 pound (110 kg) class guided bomb that is intended to provide aircraft with the ability to carry more weapons per sortie, thus increasing the number of kills possible. Most USAF aircraft will be able to carry a pack of four SDBs in place of a single 2,000 lb bomb using the BRU-61/A rack.
GBU-43 Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb The Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB) (also known as the Munitions Ordnance Air Blast and Mother Of All Bombs) is a large-yield conventional bomb developed by the United States military by Albert L. Weimorts Jr.
GC (character) GC was a short-lived, purple, anthropomorphic cat puppet, created by Televisa's Canal 5 channel as a sidekick (and possible replacement) of the aging Tio Gamboin. The name GC comes from the channel's callsign XHGC, which was given to the station honoring Gillermo González Camarena, the Mexican inventor of an early color television transmission system.
GC University, Lahore GC University, Lahore takes pride in being the oldest educational institution of higher education in Pakistan. Established in 1864, it aimed at providing liberal education to the youth of the Subcontinent irrespective of caste, color or creed.
GC-45 howitzer The GC-45 (Gun, Canada, 45-calibre) is a 155 mm howitzer designed by Gerald Bull's Space Research Corporation in the 1970s. The Iraqi version, known as the GHN-45, was cause for considerable worry on the part of the allied forces in the First Gulf War and required almost the entire U.
GC-content In genetics, guanine-cytosine content (GC-content) is a characteristic of the genome of any given organism or any other piece of DNA or RNA. Usually expressed as a percentage, it is the proportion of GC-base pairs in the DNA molecule or genome sequence being investigated.
GCC logo The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) logo consists of two concentric circles. On the upper part of the larger circle, the Basmala phrase is written in Arabic (بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم).
GCC Summit The GCC Summit is an annual conference for developers of the GNU Compiler Collection and related free software technologies. The conference is a 3-day event has been held each year since 2003 in Ottawa, Canada.
GCCS-M The Global Command and Control System – Maritime GCCS-M AN/USQ-119E(V) previously the Joint Maritime Command Information System (JMCIS), is the United States Navy's primary fielded Command and Control System. The nomenclature AN/USQ-119(V) and AN/USQ-119A through D refer to older versions of the Navy Tactical Command System Afloat (NTCS-A) and JMCIS.
GCfilms GCfilms is an application for managing a movie collection. Detailed information on each movie can be automatically retrieved from the Internet and the user can store additional data, such as the location, format or whom he/she has lent them to.
GCstar GCstar is an application for managing personal collections. Detailed information on each item can be automatically retrieved from the Internet and the user can store additional data, such as the location or whom he/she has lent them to.
GCSU Sri Lanka The Government Clerical Service Union (GCSU) is a trade union of clerical workers who work in the public sector in Sri Lanka. This was formed in the 1920s when Sri Lanka (Ceylon) was under British colonial rule.
GCU Grey Area The GCU Grey Area is a General Contact Unit of the fictional society The Culture turned eccentric, from the novel Excession. It has the dubious honour of being the only Culture ship not to be listed in official records by its chosen name.
Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng The Gǔjīn Túshū Jíchéng (), is a vast encyclopaedic work written in China during the reigns of Qing emperors Kangxi and Yongzheng, completed in 1725. The work was headed initially by scholar Chen Menglei (陳夢雷), and later by Jiang Tingxi.
Gdańsk Agreement The Gdańsk Agreement (or Gdańsk Social Accords or August Agreement, Polish: Porozumienia sierpniowe) was an accord reached as a direct result of the strikes that took place in Gdańsk, Poland. Workers along the Baltic coast joined the revolution in Solidarity during the month of August, 1980.
Gdańsk Bay Gdańsk Bay or the Bay of Gdańsk (; ), historically also known as the Bay of Danzig (), is a southeastern bay of the Baltic Sea. Named after the port city of Gdańsk in Poland, it is sometimes referred to as a gulf.
Gdańsk Pomerania Gdańsk Pomerania () or Eastern Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze Wschodnie; Kashubian: Pòrénkòwô Pòmòrskô) is a geographical region in northern Poland covering eastern part of Pomeranian Voivodeship. These are modern designations for territory previously called West Prussia and Royal Prussia and including the historical areas of Pomerelia, Słupsk, Culmerland, Lubawa, Michałów Land, and Pomesania.
GD Amarantes GrĂŞmio Desportivo Amarantes (Capeverdean Crioulo, ALUPEC or ALUPEK: GD Amarantis, SĂŁo Vicente: GD Amarantes) is a football (soccer) club that had played in the Premier division and plays in the the SĂŁo Vicente Island League in Cape Verde. It is based in the city of Mindelo in the island of SĂŁo Vicente and plays in the stadium with a capacity of 5,000 It is one of many teams that only one one title since independence.
GD-ROM GD-ROM is the proprietary optical disc format used by the Sega Dreamcast. It is similar to the standard CD-ROM except that the pits on the disc are packed more closely together, resulting in a higher storage capacity: around 1.
GData GData provides a simple standard protocol for reading and writing data on the Internet. GData combines common XML-based syndication formats (Atom and RSS) with a feed-publishing system based on the Atom Publishing Protocol, plus some extensions for handling queries.
GDB Human Genome Database The GDB Human Genome Database is a community curated collection of human genomic data. What set GDB apart from other biological databases, was its use of world-class leaders in human genetics to act as curators for the data.
GDIAC GDIAC is the acronym for the Game Design Initiative at Cornell University. It was formed in Fall of 2001 (and named "GDIAC" in Fall 2003) to facilitate instruction and research in game design and development.
GDK GDK (GIMP Drawing Kit) is a computer graphics library that acts as a wrapper around the low-level drawing and windowing functions provided by the underlying graphics system. Originally developed on the X Window System, GDK lies between the X server and the GTK+ library, handling basic rendering such as drawing primitives, raster graphics (bitmaps), cursors, fonts, as well as window events and drag-and-drop functionality.
GDLIB GDLIB (Game Developers Library) is a website and community dedicated to helping independent game developers connect with the resources they need to take their designs to the next level. GDLIB provides a plethora of download-able resources including tools (such as editors and viewers), models, scripts and even full blown engines.
GDO (Stargate) The GDO "garage door opener" is a small device carried by SG team members to verify their identity to Stargate Command, enabling them to send a signal to the SGC's Dialing Computer allowing the user to open the SGC's Custom Iris. This protects Stargate Command from invasion through the Stargate itself.
GDP deflator In economics, the GDP deflator (implicit price deflator for GDP) is a measure of the change in prices of all new, domestically produced, final goods and services in an economy. GDP stands for gross domestic product, the total value of all final goods and services produced within that economy during a specified period.
GDP gap The GDP gap or the output gap is the difference between actual GDP and potential GDP or potential output. This represents a recession if the actual is less than the potential and it indicates an expansion if the actual GDP is more than the potential GDP.
GDP-fucose protein O-fucosyltransferase 2 GDP-fucose protein O-fucosyltransferase 2 (POFUT2) is an enzyme responsible for adding fucose sugars in O linkage to serine or threonine residues in Thrombospondin repeats. The protein is an inverting glycosyltransferase, which means that the enzyme uses GDP-β-L-fucose as a donor substrate and transfers the fucose in O linkage to the protein producing fucose-α-O-serine/threonine.
GDP-fucose Protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 GDP-fucose protein O-fucosyltransferase 1 (POFUT1) is an enzyme responsible for adding fucose sugars in O linkage to serine or threonine residues between the second and third conserved cysteines in EGF-like repeats on the Notch protein. The protein is an inverting glycosyltransferase, which means that the enzyme uses GDP-β-L-fucose as a donor substrate and transfers the fucose in O linkage to the protein producing fucose-α-O-serine/threonine.
GDR jokes The jokes of the GDR frequently included political characters, had an eye towards life in East Germany and the SED (Genossenwitze, party member jokes; Honeckerwitze, jokes about Erich Honecker), or attacked the actual or assumed characteristics of the West Germans.
GDSII GDS II stream format, commonly known as GDSII is a database format, which in the integrated circuit industry has been the de facto standard for IC layout data exchange for more than two decades. Originally it was developed by Calma for that company's layout design computer systems "Graphic Data System" ("GDS") and "GDS II".
GDx-VCC GDx-VCC is a diagnostic machine for examining the thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer by means of laser opthalmoscopy. The measurement is useful for early detection of glaucoma, even before the patient would miss any spots in a visual field test.
Ge Hong Ge Hong (Chinese: 葛洪; Pinyin: Gě Hóng; also known as Zhichuan, 284-364) was a minor southern official during the Jìn Dynasty (263-420), best known for his interest in Daoism, alchemy, and techniques of longevity. Yet religious and esoteric writing represents only a portion of Ge's considerable literary output, which as a whole, spans a broad range of content and genres.
Geany Geany is an Integrated Development Environment and Text editor which is designed to be a fast and lightweight. It was intended to provide as many features as possible while remaining small and fast, and without many dependencies.
Gear (graphic novel) Gear is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Doug TenNapel, the creator of Earthworm Jim. It was published in six issues by Fireman Press Ltd, a production company and publishing house which also published Scud: The Disposable Assassin.
Gear (Static Shock) In the animated series Static Shock, Gear (real name Richard "Richie" Osgood Foley) is the best friend and confidant of Virgil "Static" Hawkins. He was the first person to learn of Virgil's powers after Virgil clued him in about them, and Richie suggested that Virgil should become a superhero.
Gear Daddies The Gear Daddies is a band from Austin, Minnesota that enjoyed moderate success in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Its members were Randy Broughten (electric and steel guitar), Nick Ciola (bass), Billy Dankert (drums and vocals), and Martin Zellar (guitar and vocals).
Gear oil Gear oil is a motor oil made specifically for transmissions, transfer cases, and differentials in automobiles, trucks, and other machinery. It is of a higher viscosity to better protect the gears and usually is associated with a strong sulfur smell.
Gear shaper A gear shaper is a machine tool for cutting the teeth of an internal gear. The name shaper relates to the fact that the cutter engages the part on the forward stroke and pulls away from the part on the return stroke, just like the clapper box on a planer shaper.
Gear stick A gear stick (also gearstick, gear lever, selection lever, shift stick and gear shifter) is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission.
Gearbox Software Gearbox Software is a video game developer founded by Randy Pitchford, Stephen Bahl, Landon Montgomery, Brian Martel, and Rob Heironimus in January 1999. They are best known for a number of high-profile PC and console games such as Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30, Brothers In Arms: Earned in Blood, Halo: Combat Evolved for PC, and the Half-Life expansions Opposing Force and Blue Shift.
Gearhart Gearhart was an independent oil well service company founded by Marvin Gearhart and Harold Owen and based in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. It provided well logging and well perforating services to both domestic and international customers.
Gears of War (song) Gears of War, is the name of a song by Megadeth on their as of yet unreleased album United Abominations. A demo of it was released on their website on November 22, 2006, along with the lyrics, and two days earlier, the MTV video to the song was posted on their official MySpace page.
Geary Boulevard Geary Boulevard (known as Geary Street east of Gough Street) is a major east-west thoroughfare in San Francisco, California, beginning downtown at Market Street near Market Street's intersection with Montgomery Street, and running eastbound through downtown, the Civic Center area, the Western Addition, and running for most of its length through the lower-density and predominantly residential Richmond District. Geary Boulevard terminates near Sutro Heights Park at 48th Avenue, close to the Cliff House above Ocean Beach at the Pacific Ocean.
Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway The Geary Street, Park & Ocean Railway was a cable car operator in San Francisco, which commenced operation in 1880. The line remained independent until the aftermath of the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
Geary's Station Geary's Station was a stage stand on the old Butterfield Overland Mail route in Indian Territory. Sometimes called Geary's Crossing, it was located on the east side of LIttle Boggy Creek (North Boggy Creek) in what is now Atoka County, Oklahoma.
Geatish Society The Geatish Society, or Gothic League (Götiska Förbundet) was created by a number of Swedish poets and authors in 1811, as a social club for literary studies among academics in Sweden with a view to raising the moral tone of society through contemplating Scandinavian antiquity (EB 1911). The society was formally dissolved in 1844, being a dormant society for more than 10 years.
Geb Amongst the group who believed in the Ennead, a form of Egyptian mythology centred in Heliopolis, Geb (also spelt Seb, and Keb) was the personification of the earth, and indeed this is what his name means - earth, and thus it was said that when he laughed, it caused earthquakes. Since the Egyptians held that their underworld was literally that, under the earth, Geb was sometimes seen as containing the dead, or imprisoning those not worthy to go to Aaru.
Gebühreneinzugszentrale der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland The Gebühreneinzugszentrale der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Fee Collection Center of public-law broadcasting institutions of the Federal Republic of Germany), also known as GEZ, is a joint organization of Germany's regional public broadcasting agencies located in Cologne. The GEZ is responsible for collecting broadcast participants' data and collecting broadcasting fee as determined in the Rundfunkfinanzierungsstaatsvertrag (Treaty about the Financing of Broadcasting) for each Rundunfsempfangsgerät, for example TVs, radios or computers.
Gebel Edmonstone Gebel (Mount) Edmonstone is a flat-topped mesa located near the Dahkla Oasis south of Cairo, Egypt. It is a remnant of an eroding scarp that extends for over 200 kilometers (125 miles) east-southeast to west-northwest.
Geber (crater) Geber is a lunar impact crater that is located in the rugged south-central highlands of the Moon. It lies half way between Almanon crater to the north-northeast and the Azophi-Abenezra crater pair to the south-southwest.
Gebhard Leberecht von BlĂĽcher Gebhard Leberecht von BlĂĽcher (December 16, 1742 in Rostock (Mecklenburg) - September 12, 1819 in Krieblowitz (Silesia) (now Krobielowice in Poland)), Graf (Count), later elevated to FĂĽrst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Gebirgsjäger Gebirgsjäger, often referred to as Gebirgsjager or Gebirgsjaeger in English, is the German word for Mountain trooper (Gebirge meaning 'mountain range', and Jäger meaning 'hunter' or 'ranger'). The word "Jäger" is a traditional German term for light infantry.
Gebran Tueni Gebran Ghassan Tueni (Arabic: جبران تويني) (September 15, 1957 – December 12, 2005) was a Lebanese politician and the former editor and publisher of the mass circulation An-Nahar daily newspaper in Beirut, Lebanon.
Gebrauche-Musik Gebrauche-Musik is a Synthpop band that has been on the scene since the project was started by two close friends, Sergey Trosman and Ted Blank in 1986. The German term "gebrauche musik" means "to use music" or "usage music".
Gebrauchsmusik Gebrauchsmusik is a German term, essentially meaning “utility music,” for music that exists not only for its own sake, but which was composed for some specific, identifiable purpose. This purpose can be a particular historical event, like a political rally or a military ceremony, or it can be more general, as with music written to accompany dance, or music written for amateurs or students to perform.
Gebre Mesqel Lalibela Gebre Mesqel Lalibela (also called simply "Lalibela", which means "the bees recognise his sovereignty" in Old Agaw) was negus of Ethiopia, and a member of the Zagwe dynasty; he is also considered a saint by the Ethiopian church. According to Taddesse Tamrat, he was the son of Jan Seyum and brother of Kedus Harbe.
Gebze YĂĽksek Teknoloji EnstitĂĽsĂĽ gyte (GYTE), which is established in a chosen area in the Marmara Region, Turkey is a graduate university of research and production of technology before all else. Institute aims to carry on the duty of being a research foundation which raises researchers that are entrepreneurs and open-minded, obtains an esteemed level at production of science and technology at international platform and assists in having a Turkish industry get into a respected position in global competing environment.
Gecko Geckos are small to moderately large lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae which are found in warm climates throughout the world. Geckos are unique among lizards in their vocalizations, making chirping sounds in social interactions with other geckos.
Gecko (layout engine) Gecko is the open source, free software web browser layout engine used in all Mozilla-branded software and its derivatives, including later Netscape releases. Written in C++ and licensed under MPL/GPL/LGPL triple license, Gecko is designed to support open Internet standards.
Gecko (theatre company) Gecko is a London-based theatre company under the production of Fuel. The company is led by Amit Lahav, Al Nedjari and Stuart Heyes and regularly works with artists such as Corinne Pierre, David Price, Joseph White, Inakis Allorbe, Rachel Bowen and Matt Spencer.
Gecko catshark The gecko catshark, Galeus eastmani, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in deep water in the western Pacific from Japan and the East China Sea, and possibly Viet Nam and the Philippines. Its length is at least 40 cm, and possibly up to 50 cm.
Gecos field The gecos field (also written as GECOS field, standing for General Electric Comprehensive Operating Supervisor) is an entry in the /etc/passwd file on Unix operating systems that is typically used to record general information about the account or its user(s). Exact information depends on the Unix variant, but for example it may contain real name and phone number.
GeCAD Software GECAD Software was established in 1992 by Radu Georgescu as a Computer Aided Design (CAD) development company. Over time, GECAD’s focus shifted from CAD software to security-related software, mainly antivirus software.
Ged (heraldry) The Ged is the name in heraldry for the fish pike. It is often used in "canting" coats; that is, using coats of arms to make a pun on the last name of the bearer, one of his titles, a nickname, or the name of his estate.
Ged Walker Ged Walker was a Police Constable with Nottinghamshire Police who was killed in the line of duty in Bulwell, Nottingham, on 9 January, 2003. PC Walker was dragged and fatally injured by a stolen taxi as he reached into the car to remove the keys from the ignition.
Gedan Gedan, meaning roughly "lower level", is one of the three heights commonly referred to in Japanese martial arts. It refers specifically to the lower part of the body, from the belt on the karategi and below.
Gedan-gamae Gedan-gamae, or more formally, gedan no gamae, and frequently shortened simply to gedan, is one of the five stances in kendo, jōdan, chūdan, gedan, hasso, and waki. Gedan-gamae means "lower-level posture.
Gedächtniskirche (Speyer) Die Gedächtniskirche der Protestation ('The Memorial Church of the Protestation') is a Protestant church in Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate. Built between 1893 and 1904, the church was constructed in memory of the protest that took place at the Diet of Speyer by the protestant states of the Holy Roman Empire in 1529.
Gedeb Gedeb (also called Gedeb Asasa) is one of the 180 woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Arsi Zone, Gedeb is bordered on the south by the Bale Zone, on the west by Kofele, and on the north and east by Bekoji.
Gedeon Burkhard Gedeon Burkhard (born July 3, 1969 in Munich, Germany) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex (1998-2001), which has been aired on television in numerous countries around the world.
Gedera Gedera, or Gdera (Hebrew: גדרה) is a town (local council) in the Center District of Israel. It is located between the cities Rehovot (north), Ashdod (west) and Qiryat Mal'akhi (south), and borders the town Bnei Ayish.
Gediminas Avenue Gediminas Avenue () is the main street of Vilnius, where most of the governmental institutions of Lithuania are concentrated, including the government, parliament, Constitutional Court and ministries. Nowadays it is also a popular shopping and dining street.
Gediminas Kirkilas Gediminas Kirkilas (, born on August 30, 1951 in Vilnius, Lithuania) is the current Prime Minister of Lithuania. He was appointed on July 4, 2006 after Zigmantas BalÄŤytis, the provisional Prime Minister, failed to gather the required support from the Seimas.
Gediminas of Lithuania Gediminas (Ruthenian: Giedymin, Polish: Giedymin, Belarusian: Гедымiн (Hiedymin) and Гедзiмiн (Hiedzimin), Russian: Гедимин, Gedimin; ca. 1275 – winter 1341 in Veliuona) was the Monarch of medieval Grand Duchy of Lithuania with the title didysis kunigaikštis (in Belarusian: вялікі князь) which would be translated as High Duke according to the contemporary perception.
Gediminids The Gediminids (Lithuanian: GediminaiÄŤiai, singular: Gediminaitis) were a dynasty of monarchs of the medieval Lithuania that reigned from the 13th to the 16th century. One branch of this dynasty, known as the family of Jagiellons, reigned also in Poland, Hungary and Bohemia.
Gedion Nyanhongo Stone sculptor Gedion Nyanhongo was born into an artistic family on December 22, 1967 in Harare, Zimbabwe. He was influenced from a young age by his father, Claud Nyanhongo, a prominent artist among the "first generation" sculptors (the pioneers of the Shona Sculpture movement that began in the late 1950's).
Gedney House The Gedney House is a historic Colonial American house, estimated to have been constructed circa 1665. It is located at 21 High Street, Salem, Massachusetts and operated as a non-profit museum by Historic New England.
Gedney Island (Washington) Gedney Island (aka Hat Island) is an island in Puget Sound in Snohomish County, Washington, USA. The island lies in Possession Sound between the mainland city of Everett, Washington and the southern part of Whidbey Island.
Gedney, Lincolnshire Gedney is one of a group of small villages south of Boston, Lincolnshire, straddling the A17 Boston to King's Lynn Road, bearing the name 'Gedney'; the others are Gedney Church End, Gedney Drove End, Gedney Dyke, Gedney Dawsmere, Gedney Hill and Gedney Broadgate. The parishes of Gedney lie on reclaimed fenland, making it one of the most intensive growing areas in the UK.
Gedong Bagus Oka Gedong Bagus Oka (1921 - 2002) was a prominent Hindu reformer and philosopher in Indonesia. She was one of the foremost authorities on Agama Hindu Dharma and started the Parisada Hindu Dharma Indonesia movement in the 1980's.

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