All Words Glossary Glossary of Geographic Locations Terms beginning with letter G Browse the Geographic Locations Glossary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z GA abbreviation Georgia, a state of the United States of America. Genetic Algorithm, a search heuristic used in computer science. (netball) goal attack general aviation Gabon proper noun Country in Western Africa. Official name: Gabonese Republic. Gaborone proper noun The capital of Botswana. Galicia proper noun (wikipedia, Galicia (Spain)) A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain Galilee proper noun A mountainous geographic region in northern Israel. The w:Sea of Galilee, Sea of Galilee. Gambia proper noun A country in Western Africa. Official name: The Republic of The Gambia. gander noun A male goose. (slang, used only with "have" and "take") A look. Have a at what he"s written. Ganges proper noun A sacred river of India and Bangladesh Gangtok proper noun State capital of Sikkim (India). GAO initialism Government Accountability Office (fka General Accounting Office) Garfield proper noun An English surname, thought to be habitational w:James Garfield, James Garfield the 20th President of the United States (1831-1881) a comic strip character Garland proper noun A large suburb of Dallas, Texas (USA) Gary proper noun (given name, male). Gateshead proper noun A town in the county of Tyne and Wear in north east England. Found upon the southern bank of the Tyne. Gaza noun A city on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, formerly in Egypt. An coastal area between Israel and Egypt currently under the control of the Palestinian Authority. Geelong proper noun A semi-rural city, 75km south-west of Melbourne, Australia. Gateway to the surfcoast of Victoria, and Great Ocean Road. Gelderland proper noun A province of the Netherlands. Gen. abbreviation (infl, en, abbreviation) (title) General (biblical) Book of Genesis Geneva proper noun A city in Switzerland. A canton of Switzerland, having Geneva as its capital. Largest lake in Switzerland. (given name, female), from the place name or confused with Genevieve or Ginevra. Genoa proper noun A province of Liguria, Italy. A city and the capital of the province of Genoa, and also the capital of Liguria. A placename. gent noun short for gentleman George proper noun (given name, male). (slang), (archaic) A coin with King George"s profile. Take the Georges, Pew, and don"t stand here squalling. — Robert Louis Stevenson. Georgetown proper noun The capital city of Guyana. A district in Washington, DC. Georgia proper noun A country in West Asia or East Europe. Official name: Georgia. Capital: Tbilisi. A state of the United States of America. Capital: Atlanta. A female given name. German Democratic Republic proper noun The official name of East Germany from 1949 until reunification in 1990. Germany proper noun (countable and uncountable; pluralGermanies) (uncountable) Country in Central Europe. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). (countable; hist. 1949-1990) Either of the German states, FRG and GDR. The two Germanies exchanged permanent representatives in 1974. (countable; hist. pre-1871) Any of the German states. Melton"s useful new book traces the explosion of public institutions in eighteenth-century England, France and the Germanies. Ghana proper noun Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Ghana. Ghent proper noun Capital city of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Gibraltar proper noun A territory of Great Britain at the southern end of Iberia. A strait connecting the Mediterranean to the Atlantic between Gibraltar and Morocco. Gladstone noun a Scottish habitational surname from the place in Lanarkshire any of several other places of the same name w:William Ewart Gladstone, William Ewart Gladstone British Prime Minister Glamorgan proper noun A traditional county of Wales Glarus proper noun A canton of Switzerland. A town in Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Glarus. Glasgow proper noun A city in Lanarkshire and the largest in Scotland. Glastonbury proper noun A town in Somerset, England The w:Glastonbury Festival, Glastonbury Festival A town in Connecticut. See wikipedia:Glastonbury, Connecticut Gloucester proper noun a city in Gloucestershire, England, on the river Severn, near the border with Wales a type of cheese Gloucestershire proper noun A west midland county of England bordered by the Severn estuary, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Bristol and Monmouthshire. Goa proper noun State in western India which has Panaji as its capital. golden adjective Made of, or relating to gold. She wore a crown. Having a colour or other richness suggestive of gold. Under a sun. Marked by prosperity, creativity etc. The Renaissance was a era. Advantageous or very favourable. This is a opportunity Relating to a fiftieth anniversary. It's not long until our wedding. Golden Gate Bridge proper noun A 1.7 mile long suspension bridge linking Marin County, California, to San Francisco, California. gore noun (context, obsolete, _, except in dialects) dirt, Dirt, filth. blood, Blood, especially that from a wound when thickened due to exposure to the air. verb (gor, ing) (context, of an animal) To pierce with the horns. The bull gored the matador. Gorizia proper noun Province of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Town and capital of Gorizia. Gorki proper noun a city in Belarus Gothenburg proper noun A city on the west coast of Sweden, in the province of Ví¤stergí¶tland. Gotland proper noun The largest island of Sweden, situated in the Baltic Sea grande adjective (context, chiefley, _, US) A cup of coffee smaller than venti but larger than tall, usually 12 ounces. grants verb (third-person singular of, grant) grapevine noun The plant, of genus Vitis, on which grapes grow An informal person-to-person means of circulating information or gossip. I heard on the that Jim will be leaving soon. Great Britain proper noun The island (and some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Europe made up of the countries England, Scotland and Wales. Abbreviation: GB. (formerly, or loosely) the UK. Greater London proper noun '''Greater London An administrative area combining the City of London, the City of Westminster and 31 other London boroughs. Great Lakes proper noungreat, Great lakes, Lakes A group of five lakes on the United States-Canada border, consisting of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Great Plains proper noun The relatively flat region of land occupying much of the central US and southern central Canada. Great Wall of China proper noun an ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols Great Yarmouth proper noungreat, Great Yarmouth A coastal town in Norfolk, England Greece proper noun Country in southeastern Europe having borders with Albania, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Member state of the European Union since 1981. Official name: Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Î"ημοκÏÎ~+mn~τίÎ~+mn~). Green proper noun A common English surname; either a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green, or was just fond of the colour Greenland proper noun A self-governing island that is a territory of Denmark. Greenwich proper noun A town on the south bank of the River Thames through which the prime meridian passes. greenwood noun A forest in full leaf, as in summer. Under the greenwood tree / Who loves to lie with me / And tune his merry note / Unto the sweet bird"s throat " / Come hither, come hither, come hither! / Here shall he see / No enemy / But winter and rough weather. " Shakespeare, "s:Under the Greenwood Tree, Under the Greenwood Tree". 1819: "We who walk the do many a wild deed, and the Lady Rowena"s deliverance may be received as an atonement." " Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Grenada proper noun Country in the Caribbean. Official name: Grenada. grenadines noun (plural of, grenadine) Griffin proper noun (given name, male) derived from Griffinus, a latinized form of Griffith. Griffith proper noun A Welsh male given name, Anglicized from Gruffudd Grimsby proper noun A seaport on the Humber in the north of England. Grisons proper noun A canton of Switzerland (its French name). Groningen proper noun A province of the Netherlands. The capital city of Groningen. groves noun (plural of, grove) Grub Street proper noun the home or state of impoverished writers and literary hacks Upon the occaision of his first publication he quit his day job, only to find that wasn't lined with manors and villas but hovels and slums. Guadalajara proper noun The capital city of the state of Jalisco, in the center of Mexico Guadalcanal proper noun a volcanic island in the Pacific, part of the Solomon Islands a battle in World War II in which American forces recaptured it from the Japanese Guam proper noun Unincorporated territory of the United States; placed in Oceania. Official name: Territory of Guam. Guantanamo Bay proper nounGuantanamo bay, Bay A US naval base in south-east Cuba. Guatemala proper noun Country in Central America. Official name: Republic of Guatemala. Guernsey proper noun (countable and uncountable; see definitions for plurals) (uncountable) The second-largest of the Channel Islands. (countable; plural ) A type of dairy cow bred in Guernsey. (countable; plural Guernseys) A knitted fisherman"s sweater of a type made on the island. (countable; plural Guernseys) A long-sleeved shirt worn by sportsmen, especially in rugby codes (historically). (countable; plural Guernseys) A team-liveried shirt (see jersey) (uncountable) Selection or election to a position (derived from the sense of a team-liveried shirt indicating membership in the team). Guiana proper noun A geological region in the north of South America. Guinea proper noun Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea. Guinea-Bissau proper noun Country in Western Africa. Official name: Republic of Guinea-Bissau. Gujarat proper noun State in western India which has Gandhinagar as its capital. Guyana proper noun Country in South America. Official name: Cooperative Republic of Guyana. 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