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Gotland
proper noun
Gotland
Gouan
proper noun
a French surname
Gouar
proper noun
A hill in Cazavet, Ariège
Gouarège
proper noun
A toponym in Cazavet, Ariège
Gouazet
proper noun
French toponym encountered in Saint-Girons, Ariège
Goudeau
proper noun
a surname
Goudeket
proper noun
a surname from Dutch
Goudjarati
noun, masculine
alternative spelling of Gujarati
Goudreau
proper noun
a surname
Gouin
proper noun
a surname from Norman
Goulart
proper noun
a surname
Goulet
proper noun
Goulet: a surname
Goussainvillois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Goussainville
gouverneur générale — the Governor General
gouverneure générale — the Governor General
Gozo
proper noun
Gozo
Goézeux
proper noun
A toponym in Loudéac, Côtes-d'Armor
Gracefield
proper noun
a city in La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Graille
proper noun
a French surname
Grammont
proper noun
Geraardsbergen: a city in Belgium
Grammont
proper noun
a surname from toponyms
Gramont
proper noun
a surname from toponyms
Granada
proper noun
a neighbourhood and former municipality of Rouyn-Noranda Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada
Granato
proper noun
a surname, Granato, from Italian
Grand Chelem
proper noun
Grand Slam
Grand Chien
proper noun
the constellation Canis Major
period in Acadian history between 1749 or 1750 and 1780 or 1820, including the expulsion of the Acadians from Acadia under British rule during the Seven Years' War (or the French and Indian War in American historiography) between 1755 and 1763.
Grand Est
proper noun
Grand Est (an administrative region in northeastern France, created in 2016 by the fusion of Alsace, Lorraine and Champagne-Ardenne)
Grand Isle
proper noun
Grand Isle: a barrier island in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States, on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico; Grand Isle: a town in Jefferson parish, Louisiana, United States; Grand Isle: an island of Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States in Lake Champlain; Town of Grand Isle: a town in Grand Isle County, Vermont, United States, on the eponymous island; Grand Isle County: a county of Vermont, United States, named after the eponymous island; county seat: North Hero
Grand Lac Salé
proper noun
Great Salt Lake
Grand Pardon
proper noun
the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur)
Grand Prix
noun, masculine
Grand Prix (literal translation Grand Prize)
Great Replacement
Grand Turc
noun, masculine
Grand Turk, a sultan of the Ottoman Empire
Grand-Colombier
proper noun
alternative spelling of Grand Colombier
Grand-Estois
noun, masculine
resident or native of Grand Est
Grand-Goâve
proper noun
Grand-Goâve (a commune of Léogâne, Ouest department, Haiti)
synonym of Kokyangwuti (“Spider Grandmother”)
Grand-Rabbin
noun, masculine
Chief Rabbi
Grand-Remous
proper noun
a municipality of La Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Regional County Municipality, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada
Grand-Russien
noun, masculine
Great Russian
Great Barrier Reef
Grande Bleue
proper noun
synonym of mer Méditerranée (“Mediterranean Sea”)
Grande Boucle
proper noun
Tour de France
Grande Comore
proper noun
Grande Comore (an island of the Comoros)
the Great Depression
Grande Guerre
proper noun
Great War (epithet for World War I)
Grande Muette
noun, feminine
alternative letter-case form of grande muette
Grande Muraille
proper noun
Great Wall of China (an ancient Chinese fortification, almost 4,000 miles long, originally designed to protect China from the Mongols)
Grande Médie
proper noun
Great Media (the larger, southern portion of ancient Media following the latter’s partition by the Macedonians, the smaller northern portion being Atropatian Media, also known as Atropatia or Atropatene)
Grande Noirceur
proper noun
Grande Noirceur (a period in the history of Quebec during the second Union Nationale government of Premier Maurice Duplessis between 1944 and 1959, marked by economic liberalism, union busting, and Roman Catholic Church control of provincial education, healthcare and social services)
Grande Ourse
proper noun
Ursa Major (large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky)
Grande Peste
proper noun
the Black Death
Grande Russie
proper noun
Great Russia
Grande Île
proper noun
an island of Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, Grand Est, France, on the Ill River; alternative form of Grande-Île; synonym of Madagascar
Grande-Bretagne
proper noun
Great Britain (a large island (sometimes also including some of the surrounding smaller islands) off the north-west coast of Western Europe, made up of England, Scotland, and Wales); Great Britain (the United Kingdom, a kingdom and country in Northern Europe including the island of Great Britain as well as Northern Ireland on the northeastern portion of the island of Ireland)
Grande-Synthe
proper noun
a commune of Nord department, Hauts-de-France, France
Grande-Terre
proper noun
an island of Guadeloupe department, France
Grande-Île
proper noun
an island of Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River; a suburb of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Montérégie, Quebec, Canada, on the eponymous island; alternative form of Grande Île
an area of Paris with many entertainment venues