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  • G, the seventh letter of the alphabet.
  • Gabelentz, Hans Conon von der, German philologist.
  • Gabii, ancient town, Italy.
  • Gabler, Georg Andreas, German philosopher.
  • Gabler, Johann Philipp, German theologian.
  • Gablonz, town, Bohemia.
  • Gaboon, river, West Coast, Africa.
  • Gabriel, of Scripture.
  • Gad, Tribe of.
  • Gad, prophet, in Scripture.
  • Gadames, or Ghadames, town, Sahara, Africa.
  • Gadara, ancient town, Syria.
  • Gaddi, family of Italian painters.
  • Gadiatch, town, Russia.
  • Gadwall, bird.
  • Gaelic Language, Gaelic Literature.
  • Gaeta, town, Italy.
  • Gætulia, ancient district, Africa.
  • Gage, Thomas, English governor of Massachusetts.
  • Gagern, Hans Christoph Ernst, Baron von, German statesman.
  • Gaillac, town, France.
  • Gaillard, Gabriel Henri, French historian.
  • Gainsborough, town, England.
  • Gainsborough, Thomas, English painter.
  • Gaissin, town, Russia.
  • Gaius, Roman jurist.
  • Galabat, town, Upper Egypt.
  • Galangal, aromatic drug.
  • Galapagos Islands, Pacific Ocean.
  • Galashiels, town, Scotland.
  • Galatia, division, Asia Minor.
  • Galatians, Epistle to the.
  • Galatina, town, Italy.
  • Galatz, town, Roumania.
  • Galba, Servius Sulpicius, Roman emperor.
  • Galbanum, gum-resin.
  • Gale, Theophilus, English theologian.
  • Gale, Thomas, English scholar.
  • Galen, Christoph Bernhard van, prince-bishop of Münster.
  • Galen, Claudius, ancient medical writer.
  • Galena, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Galesburg, town, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Galiani, Ferdinando, Italian political economist.
  • Galicia, province, Austria.
  • Galicia, province, Spain.
  • Galilee, province, Palestine.
  • Galilee, Sea of, Palestine.
  • Galileo (Galileo Galilei), Italian man of science.
  • Galitch, or Halicz, town, Russia.
  • Gall, Franz Joseph, Swiss anatomist and phrenologist.
  • Galland, Antoine, French Orientalist.
  • Gallarate, town, Italy.
  • Gallas, or Galla, African race.
  • Gallatin, Albert, American politician.
  • Galle, Point de, town, Ceylon.
  • Gallic Acid.
  • Gallienus, P. Licinius, Roman emperor.
  • Gallinula (Moorhen, q.v.), genus of birds.
  • Gallio, Junius Annæus, Roman proconsul of Achaia.
  • Gallipoli, town, Turkey.
  • Gallipoli, town, Italy.
  • Gallium, chemical element.
  • Galloway, Thomas, Scottish mathematician.
  • Galls, Animal and vegetable.
  • Galluppi, Pasquale, Italian philosopher.
  • Gallus, C. Cornelius, Roman poet and orator.
  • Galt, John, Scottish novelist.
  • Galois, Évariste, French mathematician.
  • Galuppi, Baldassare, Italian composer.
  • Galvani, Luigi, Italian physiologist.
  • Galvanism (See Electricity and Physiology).
  • Galvanometer, for measuring electric currents.
  • Galveston, town, Texas, U.S.A.
  • Galway, county, Ireland.
  • Gama, Vasco da, Portuguese navigator.
  • Gamaliel, Jewish rabbis.
  • Gambia, colony and river, West Africa.
  • Gambier (See Catechu).
  • Gambier, Lord, English admiral.
  • Gamboge, gum-resin.
  • Game Laws.
  • Games, Ancient.
  • Games, Modern, their legal aspects.
  • Gandersheim, town and abbey, Germany.
  • Gandia, town, Spain.
  • Gando, kingdom, Soudan, Africa.
  • Ganganelli, Giovanni V. A. (Pope Clement XIV., q.v.).
  • Ganges, river, India.
  • Gangi, town, Italy.
  • Gangotri, place of pilgrimage, India.
  • Gangpur, state, India.
  • Gangrene (Mortification, q.v.), disease.
  • Ganilh, Charles, French political economist.
  • Ganjam, district, India.
  • Gannal, Jean Nicolas, French chemist.
  • Gannat, town, France.
  • Gannet, or Solan Goose, bird.
  • Gans, Edward, German jurist.
  • Gänsbacher, Johann Baptist, Tyrolese musical composer.
  • Ganymede, in Greek mythology.
  • Gap, town, France.
  • Garat, Dominique Joseph, French writer.
  • Garat, Pierre-Jean, French composer and singer.
  • Garay, Janos, Hungarian poet and historian.
  • Garbo, Raffaelino del, Italian painter.
  • Garçao, Pedro Antonio Correa, Portuguese poet.
  • Garcia, Manoel, Spanish composer and singer.
  • Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish soldier and poet.
  • Garcilaso Inca de la Vega, Spanish historian.
  • Gard, department, France.
  • Garda, Lake of, Italy.
  • Gardaia, town, North Africa.
  • Gardelegen, or Gardeleben, town, Prussia.
  • Gardening (Horticulture, q.v.), Science and practice of.
  • Gardiner, town, Maine, U.S.A.
  • Gardiner, Colonel James, Scottish soldier.
  • Gardiner, Stephen, bishop of Winchester, lord chanceller.
  • Gare-Fowl, Gar-Fowl, or Great Auk.
  • Garessio, Garesso, or Garezzo, town, Italy.
  • Gar-Fish.
  • Garganey, or Summer Teal, bird.
  • Garhwal, district, India.
  • Garlic, plant.
  • Garnet, precious stone.
  • Garnier, Germain, French political economist.
  • Garnier, Marie Joseph François, French officer and explorer.
  • Garofalo, Il (Benvenuto Tisio, q.v.), Italian painter.
  • Garonne, river, France.
  • Garonne, Haute, department, France.
  • Garrick, David, English actor.
  • Garrison, William Lloyd, American abolitionist.
  • Garter, Order of the (See Knighthood).
  • Garth, Sir Samuel, English poet.
  • Gas, or Coal Gas, for lighting.
    • Sources of Gas.
    • Manufacture of Coal-Gas.
    • Storing and Distribution.
    • Gas from Sources other than Coal.
    • The Future of Coal-Gas.
  • Gascoigne, George, English poet.
  • Gascoigne, Sir William, English chief justice.
  • Gascony, province, France.
  • Gaskell, Mrs, English novelist.
  • Gassendi, Pierre, French philosopher.
  • Gastein, valley, Salzburg, Austria.
  • Gataker, Thomas, English divine.
  • Gatchina, town, Russia.
  • Gates, Horatio, American general.
  • Gateshead, town, England.
  • Gath, town of the Philistines.
  • Gatty, Mrs Alfred (Aunt Judy), English tale-writer.
  • Gauden, John, bishop of Exeter.
  • Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles, French botanist.
  • Gauermann, Friedrich, Austrian painter.
  • Gauge, for comparative measurement.
  • Gauhati, town, Assam, India.
  • Gaul, ancient country from Rhine to Pyrenees.
  • Gaunt, John of, duke of Lancaster (q.v.).
  • Gaur, or Gour, mediæval town, Bengal, India.
  • Gauss, Carl Friedrich, German mathematician.
  • Gaussen, F. S. R. Louis, Swiss theologian.
  • Gautier, Théophile, French writer.
  • Gauze, woven fabric.
  • Gavarni (S. G. Chevalier), French caricaturist.
  • Gavelkind, system of land tenure, England.
  • Gavial, Indian crocodile (q.v.).
  • Gay, John, English poet.
  • Gay, Marie Françoise, French authoress.
  • Gaya, district and town, India.
  • Gay-Lussac, Joseph Louis, French physicist and chemist.
  • Gaza, town of the Philistines, Palestine.
  • Gaza, Theodorus, Greek scholar.
  • Gazelle, antelope (q.v.).
  • Gazette, London, official newspaper.
  • Geber (Abu Musa Dschabir), early chemist.
  • Gebweiler, town, Alsace, Germany.
  • Geckos, Geckotidæ, family of lizards.
  • Ged, William, printer.
  • Geddes, Alexander, Scottish Biblical critic.
  • Geelong, town, Victoria, Australia.
  • Geestemünde, town, Germany.
  • Gefle, town, Sweden.
  • Geiger, Abraham, Jewish scholar and theologian.
  • Geijer, Erik Gustaf, Swedish historian.
  • Geikie, Walter, Scotch subject-painter.
  • Geiler, or Geyler, Johann, of Kaiserberg, German preacher.
  • Geissler, Heinrich, German physicist.
  • Gela (Terranova), ancient town, Sicily.
  • Gelasius, popes.
  • Gelatin.
    • Industrial Relations of Gelatin.
  • Gelderland, or Guelderland (q.v.), ancient duchy, Germany.
  • Geldern, or Guelders (q.v.), town, Rhenish Prussia.
  • Gelée, Claude (Claude of Lorraine, q.v.), French painter.
  • Gell, Sir William, English scholar and antiquary.
  • Gellert, Christian Fürchtegott, German writer.
  • Gellius, Aulus, author of the Noctes Atticæ.
  • Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse.
  • Gelsemium, plant and drug.
  • Geminiani, Francesco, Italian violinist.
  • Gemistus, or Pletho, Georgius, Byzantine scholar.
  • Gems, Engraved.
  • Gemsbok, antelope.
  • Gendarmerie, French police.
  • Genealogy.
  • Genelli, Giovanni Buonaventura, German artist.
  • Generation, in biology.
  • Genesis, Book of (See Pentateuch).
  • Genet, or Genette, carnivorous mammal.
  • Geneva, canton & town, Switzerland.
  • Geneva, Lake of, Switzerland.
  • Geneva, town, New York, U.S.A.
  • Geneva Convention, of 1864 and 1868.
  • Geneviève, St, patroness of Paris.
  • Genga, Girolamo, Italian painter and architect.
  • Gengis Khan (Jenghiz Khan, q.v.).
  • Genlis, Comtesse de, French authoress.
  • Gennadius, Byzantine patriarch and scholar.
  • Genoa, town, Italy.
  • Genova, Luchetto da, Italian painter.
  • Genovesi, Antonio, Italian philosopher and economist.
  • Genseric, or Gaiseric, king of the Vandals.
  • Gentian, plant.
  • Gentileschi, Artemesia and Orazio de, Italian painters.
  • Gentili, Alberico, Italian jurist.
  • Gentilly, town, France.
  • Gentz, Friedrich von, German writer and statesman.
  • Geodesy.
  • Geoffrey of Monmouth, English chronicler.
  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Étienne, French naturalist.
  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore, French zoologist.
  • Geography.
    • View of the Progress of Geographical Discovery.
    • Mathematical Geography.
    • Physical Geography.
  • Geology.
    • Cosmical Aspects of Geology.
    • Geognosy.
    • Dynamical Geology.
    • Structural Geology.
    • Palæontological Geology.
    • Stratigraphical Geology.
    • Physiographical Geology.
    • Index.
  • Geometry.
    • Pure Geometry.
    • Analytical Geometry.
  • George I., king of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • George II.
  • George III.
  • George IV.
  • George of Cappodocia, Arian archbishop of Alexandria.
  • George, St, patron saint of England.
  • George of Pisidia, Byzantine writer.
  • George of Trebizond, Aristotelian writer.
  • Georgetown, town, District of Columbia, U.S.A.
  • Georgetown, town, British Guiana.
  • Georgia, country of Transcaucasia, Russia.
  • Georgia, State, U.S.A.
  • Georgswalde, town, Bohemia.
  • Gera, town, Germany.
  • Gerace, or Gieraci, town, Italy.
  • Geranium, plant.
  • Gerard of Cremona, Italian writer.
  • Gerard, founder of Knights Hospitallers.
  • Gérard, Étienne Maurice, Count, French general.
  • Gérard, François, Baron, French painter.
  • Gérard, Jean Ignace Isidore, French caricaturist.
  • Gerard, John, English herbalist and surgeon.
  • Gérard de Nerval, French writer.
  • Gerasa (Gerash), ancient town, Palestine.
  • Gerba, or Jerba, island, North Africa.
  • Gerber, Ernst Ludwig, German musician.
  • Gerberon, Gabriel, Jansenist monk.
  • Gerbert (Pope Silvester II., q.v.).
  • Gerbert, Martin, German writer on music.
  • Gerhard, Friedrich Wilhelm Eduard, German archæologist.
  • Gerhard, Johann, Lutheran theologian.
  • Gerhardt, Charles Frédéric, French chemist.
  • Gerhardt, Paul, German hymn-writer.
  • Géricault, Jean Louis, French painter.
  • Gerizim, Mount, Palestine.
  • German Catholics.
  • Germanicus, Cæsar, Roman general.
  • German Silver, or Nickel Silver.
  • Germany.
    • Geography and Statistics.
    • History of Germany.
    • Language.
    • Literature.
    • Index.
  • Germersheim, town, Rhenish Bavaria.
  • Gerona, town, Spain.
  • Gerrha, ancient town, Arabia Felix.
  • Gers.
  • Gerson, John Charlier de, French ecclesiastic and scholar.
  • Gersonides, or Ben Gerson, Levi, Jewish philosopher and commentator.
  • Gerstäcker, Friedrich, German writer and traveller.
  • Gervais, Paul, French palæontologist and naturalist.
  • Gervaise of Canterbury, chronicler.
  • Gervase, or Gervaise, of Tilbury, English Latin writer.
  • Gervinus, Georg Gottfried, German historian.
  • Gesenius, Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm, German Orientalist.
  • Gesner, Johann Matthias, German scholar.
  • Gesner, or Gessner, Konrad, Swiss naturalist.
  • Gessner, Salomon, Swiss painter and poet.
  • Gesta Romanorum, collection of Latin tales.
  • Geta, Publius Septimus Antonius, son of the emperor Severus.
  • Gethsemane (See Jerusalem).
  • Geulincx, Arnold, Flemish philosopher.
  • Gex, town, France.
  • Geysers, volcanic fountains.
  • Gezer, ruined town, Palestine.
  • Gfrörer, August Friedrich, German historian.
  • Ghats, or Ghauts, mountains, India.
  • Ghaziabad, town, Meerut, India.
  • Ghazipur, district and town, India.
  • Ghazni, town, Afghanistan.
  • Ghee, Indian butter.
  • Gheel, or Geel, town, Belgium.
  • Ghent, town, Belgium.
  • Ghent, Jodocus, or Justus, of, Flemish painter.
  • Gherardesca, Ugolino della, Italian count.
  • Gheriah, or Viziadrug, town and fortress, India.
  • Ghibellines, Italian party (See Guelphs).
  • Ghiberti, Lorenzo, Italian sculptor.
  • Ghilan, or Gilan, province, Persia.
  • Ghirlandajo, Domenico del, Italian painter.
  • Ghirlandajo, Ridolfo, Italian painter.
  • Ghizni, or Ghazni (q.v.), town, Afghanistan.
  • Ghoorkas, or Goorkhas, Nepalese race (See Nepal).
  • Ghur, or Ghor, territory, Afghanistan.
  • Giambelli, or Gianibelli, Federigo, Italian military engineer.
  • Giannone, Pietro, Italian historian.
  • Giant.
  • Giant’s Causeway, Ireland.
  • Giarre, town, Sicily.
  • Giaveno, town, Sicily.
  • Gib, Adam, Scottish divine.
  • Gibbon, ape (q.v.).
  • Gibbon, Edward, English historian.
  • Gibbons, Grisling, English wood-carver and decorator.
  • Gibbons, Orlando, English musical composer.
  • Gibeon, town, Palestine.
  • Gibraltar, town and fortress, Spain.
  • Gibson, Edmund, bishop of London.
  • Gibson, John, English sculptor.
  • Gichtel, Johann Georg, German mystic.
  • Gideon, of Scripture.
  • Gien, town, France.
  • Gieseler, Johann Karl Ludwig, German church historian.
  • Giessen, town, Germany.
  • Gifford, William, English writer.
  • Gift, in law.
  • Gijon, town, Spain.
  • Gilbart, John William, English writer on banking.
  • Gilbert, Sir Humphrey, English navigator.
  • Gilbert, Nicolas Joseph Laurent, French poet.
  • Gilbert, William, English scientist.
  • Gilbert de la Porrée, French philosopher.
  • Gilbert, St, of Sempringham, English monk.
  • Gilbert Islands, Pacific Ocean (See Polynesia).
  • Gildas, early British historian.
  • Gilding.
  • Gilead, of Scripture.
  • Giles, St.
  • Gilfillan, George, Scottish man of letters.
  • Gilgal, of Scripture.
  • Gilgit, district, India.
  • Gill, John, English Rabbinical scholar.
  • Gillespie, George, Scottish divine.
  • Gillespie, Thomas, founder of Scottish Relief Church.
  • Gillies, John, Scottish historian.
  • Gillray, James, English caricaturist.
  • Gillyflower, plant.
  • Gilpin, Bernard, English clergyman.
  • Gilpin, William, English writer.
  • Gil Vincente (Vicinte, Gil, q.v.).
  • Gin, spiritous liquor.
  • Ginckell, Godart van, earl of Athlone.
  • Ginger, plant and spice.
  • Gingham, textile fabric.
  • Ginguené, Pierre Louis, French writer.
  • Ginseng, plant and drug.
  • Gioberti, Vincenzo, Italian philosophical writer.
  • Gioja, Melchior, Italian philosophical writer.
  • Giordano, Luca, Italian painter.
  • Giorgione, Italian painter.
  • Giottino, Italian painter.
  • Giotto, Italian painter.
  • Giovinazzo, town, Italy.
  • Giovio, Paul (Jovius, q.v.), Italian historian.
  • Gipsies.
  • Giraffe, ungulate animal.
  • Giraldi, Giglio Gregorio, Italian scholar.
  • Giraldi, Giovanni Battista, Italian novelist.
  • Giraldus Cambrensis (Barri, q.v.), historian and ecclesiastic.
  • Girard, Philippe Henri de, French mechanician.
  • Girard, Stephen, American philanthropist.
  • Girardin, Madame Émile de, French authoress.
  • Girardin, Saint-Marc, French politician and critic.
  • Girardon, François, French sculptor.
  • Girdle, article of dress.
  • Girgeh, or Jirjeh, town Upper Egypt.
  • Girgenti, town, Sicily.
  • Girodet de Roussy, Anne Louis, French painter.
  • Gironde, department, France.
  • Girondists, French Revolutionary party (See France).
  • Girvan, town, Scotland.
  • Gisors, town, France.
  • Gitschin, town, Bohemia.
  • Giulio Romano (Pippi, q.v.).
  • Giunta Pisano, Italian painter.
  • Giurgevo, town, Roumania.
  • Giusti, Giuseppe, Italian satirist.
  • Giustiniani, prominent Italian family.
  • Givet, town, France.
  • Givors, town, France.
  • Glacier, Glaciers, mountain ice.
  • Gladbach, or Bergisch-Gladbach, town, Prussia.
  • Gladbach, or Mönchen-Gladbach, town, Prussia.
  • Gladiators, of the Roman arena.
  • Gladiolus, garden plant.
  • Glamorgan, county, Wales.
  • Glanders, or Equinia, disease.
  • Glanvil, or Glanvill, Ranulph de, early English jurist.
  • Glanvill, Joseph, English philosophical writer.
  • Glarus, or Glaris, canton, Switzerland.
  • Glas, John, founder of Glassite sect.
  • Glaser, Christopher, Swiss chemist.
  • Glasgow, town, Scotland.
  • Glass.
    • History.
    • The Manufacture of Glass.
    • Glass Painting.
  • Glassius, Solomon, German Biblical critic.
  • Glastonbury, town and abbey, England.
  • Glatz, town, Prussia.
  • Glauber, Johann Rudolph, German chemist and alchemist.
  • Glauber’s Salt, mineral and drug.
  • Glauchau, town, Saxony.
  • Glaucus, in Greek mythology.
  • Glebe, in ecclesiastical law.
  • Glee, in music.
  • Gleig, George, bishop of Brechin.
  • Gleim, Johann Wilhelm Ludwig, German poet.
  • Gleiwitz, town, Prussia.
  • Glendower, or Glyndwr, Owen, Welsh prince.
  • Gleyre, Marc Charles Gabriel, French painter.
  • Glinka, Fedor Nikolaevich, Russian poet.
  • Glinka, Michael Ivanovich, Russian composer.
  • Glinka, Sergy Nikolaevich, Russian writer.
  • Globe, Geographical.
  • Globe-Fish.
  • Globigerina, genus of Foraminifera (q.v.).
  • Glogau, town, Prussia.
  • Gloss.
  • Glossop, town, England.
  • Gloucester, county & town, England.
  • Gloucester, town, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
  • Gloucester, Robert of (Robert of Gloucester, q.v.), English chronicler.
  • Glove.
  • Glover, Richard, English writer.
  • Glow-Worm, beetle (See Coleoptera).
  • Glucinum, chemical element.
  • Gluck, Christopher Willibald, German musical composer.
  • Glückstadt, town, Prussia.
  • Glucose, in chemistry.
  • Glue, form of gelatin (q.v.).
  • Glukhoff, or Gluchow, town, Russia.
  • Gluten, or Glutin, albuminous substance.
  • Glutton, or Wolverene, carniverous mammal.
  • Glycas, Michael, Byzantine historian.
  • Glycerin, or Glycerine, in chemistry.
  • Gmelin, Johann Georg, German naturalist.
  • Gmelin, Leopold, German chemist.
  • Gmelin, Samuel Gottlieb, German naturalist.
  • Gmünd, town, Germany.
  • Gnat, insect.
  • Gnesen, town, Prussia.
  • Gnosticism.
  • Gnu, antelope.
  • Goa, Portuguese settlement, India.
  • Goa Powder, drug.
  • Goalpara, district and town, Assam, India.
  • Goat, ungulate mammal.
  • Goatsucker, bird.
  • Gobelin, French family of dyers.
  • Gobi, desert, Central Asia.
  • Goby, fish.
  • God, Doctrine of (See Theism).
  • Godalming, town, England.
  • Godavari, river.
  • Godavari, district, India.
  • Godefroy, or Gothofred (q.v.), French family.
  • Godfrey of Bouillon, crusader (See Bouillon).
  • Godolphin, Earl of, English statesman.
  • Godoy, Manuel de, duke of Alcudia (q.v.), Spanish minister.
  • Godwin, Francis, English writer.
  • Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft, English writer.
  • Godwin, William, English writer.
  • Godwine, earl of the West-Saxons.
  • Godwit, bird.
  • Goes, or Ter Goes, town, Holland.
  • Goes, Hugo van der, Flemish painter.
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, German poet and dramatist.
  • Goetz, Hermann, German musical composer.
  • Gog, of Scripture.
  • Gogo, or Ghogha, town, India.
  • Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich, Russian writer.
  • Goito, town, Italy.
  • Goitre, disease.
  • Golconda, town, India.
  • Gold, precious metal.
  • Goldbeating.
  • Gold and Silver Lace.
  • Goldast, Melchior Haiminsfeld, German historian.
  • Goldberg, town, Prussia.
  • Gold Coast, West Africa.
  • Golden Bull.
  • Golden-Eye, bird.
  • Golden Fleece, of Greek legend (See Golden Fleece).
  • Golden Legend, of Voragine (q.v.).
  • Golden Rose, papal gift.
  • Goldfinch, bird.
  • Goldfish.
  • Gold Hill, town, Nevada, U.S.A.
  • Goldingen, or Kuldiga, town, Russia.
  • Goldoni, Carlo, Italian dramatist.
  • Goldschmidt, Hermann, German painter and astronomer.
  • Goldsmith, Oliver, English writer.
  • Goldstücker, Theodor, German Orientalist.
  • Golf, game.
  • Golgotha (See Jerusalem).
  • Golius, Jacobus, Dutch Orientalist.
  • Gollnow, town, Prussia.
  • Gölnitz, or Golniczbanya, town, Hungary.
  • Golovnin, Vasily Mikhailovich, Russian admiral.
  • Goltz, Bogumil, German satirist.
  • Goltzius, Hendrik, Dutch painter and engraver.
  • Gomarus, or Gomar, Francis, Dutch theologian.
  • Gombroon (Bender-Abbasi, q.v.), town, Persia.
  • Gomer, of Scripture.
  • Gonda, district, India.
  • Gondar, or Guendar, town, Abyssinia.
  • Gondokoro (Ismailia, q.v.), town, Upper Egypt.
  • Gondwana, country, Central India.
  • Gong, sound-producing instrument.
  • Góngora y Argote, Luis de, Spanish poet.
  • Goniometer, for measuring angles of crystals.
  • Gonsalvo (Gonzalo, q.v.), Spanish general.
  • Gonzaga, Italian princely family.
  • Gonzaga, Thomaz Antonio, Portuguese poet.
  • Gonzalo de Berceo, Spanish mystic and poet.
  • Gonzalo Fernandez y Aguilar, (Gonsalvo de Cordova), Spanish general.
  • Good, John Mason, English writer.
  • Good Friday.
  • Goodrich, Samuel Griswold (Peter Parley), American writer.
  • Goodsir, John, Scottish anatomist.
  • Goodwin, Thomas, English Puritan divine.
  • Goojrat (Gujarat, q.v.), district, India.
  • Goole, town, England.
  • Goosander (Merganser, q.v.), bird.
  • Goose, bird.
  • Gooseberry, fruit.
  • Gopher, land-tortoise.
  • Göppingen, town, Würtemberg.
  • Gorakhpur, district and town, India.
  • Goramy, or Gouramy, fish.
  • Gorcum, town, Holland.
  • Gordianus, three Roman emperors.
  • Gordium, ancient town, Phrygia.
  • Gordon, Alexander, Scottish antiquary.
  • Gordon, Lord George.
  • Gordon, Sir John Watson, Scottish painter.
  • Gordon, Patrick, Russian general.
  • Gore, Catherine Grace, English novelist.
  • Goree, island and town, West Africa.
  • Gorgias of Leontini, Sicilian rhetorician and sophist.
  • Gorgon, in Greek mythology.
  • Gori, town, Georgia, Russia.
  • Gorilla, ape (q.v.).
  • Göritz (Görz, q.v.), town, Austria.
  • Görlitz, town, Prussia.
  • Görres, Joseph Johann, German political writer.
  • Gortschakoff, or Gorchakov, Russian family of generals.
  • Gortyna, or Gortyn, ancient town, Crete.
  • Görz, or Gradisca, crown land & town, Austria.
  • Gos-Hawk, bird.
  • Goshen, district of ancient Egypt.
  • Goslar, town, Prussia.
  • Goslicki, Wawrzyniec (Grimalius Goslicius), Polish scholar.
  • Gospels, The.
    • Synoptical Gospels.
    • The Fourth Gospel.
  • Gosport, town, England.
  • Gossart, Jan, Flemish painter.
  • Gosselies, town, Belgium.
  • Gotha, town, Germany.
  • Gothenburg, county & town, Sweden.
  • Gothic Language (See Goths).
  • Gothofred, or Godefroy, noble French family.
  • Goths.
    • Gothic Language.
  • Gottfried of Strasburg, German poet.
  • Göttingen, town, Prussia.
  • Gottschalk, German theologian.
  • Gottsched, Johann Christoph, German writer and critic.
  • Götz, Johann Nikolaus, German poet.
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