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Girdwood, Anchorage, Alaska
Girdwood, Alaska, a resort community in the Municipality of Anchorage about 40 miles south of the city; formerly Glacier City, renamed 1907 for prospector James Girdwood; home of Alyeska Resort and rebuilt up-valley after the 1964 earthquake.
Giredestrant
Giredestrant (GDC-9545), Roche's investigational oral SERD for ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer; full ER antagonist that immobilizes then degrades the receptor; positive phase III lidERA and evERA trials, FDA NDAs under priority review.
Girentuximab
Girentuximab (cG250, Rencarex, TLX250-CDx) is a chimeric monoclonal antibody against carbonic anhydrase IX, expressed in about 95% of clear cell renal cell carcinoma; failed as adjuvant therapy (ARISER) but validated as 89Zr-labeled PET/CT diagnostic in the ZIRCON trial.
Giresun
Giresun is a province in northeastern Turkey on the Black Sea coast with a population of about 455,000 and its capital city of the same name.
Giri Babu
Giri Babu (గిరి బాబు), born Seshagiri Rao Yerra in 1943, is a Telugu film actor, producer, screenwriter and director who debuted with Jagame Maya (1973), played villain, comic and character roles in hundreds of films, and is the father of actor Raghu Babu.
Giri Kedaton
Giri Kedaton, also called Kedatuan Giri or Kerajaan Giri, was an Islamic polity and pesantren in Gresik, East Java, founded by Sunan Giri, a member of the Walisongo.
Giri/Haji (義理/恥)
Giri/Haji (義理/恥, Duty/Shame) is a 2019 BBC Two and Netflix eight-episode British-Japanese crime drama by Joe Barton, following Tokyo detective Kenzo Mori searching London for his yakuza-linked brother; cancelled after one season despite acclaim.
Giriboy
Giriboy (기리보이) is the stage name of Hong Si-young, a South Korean rapper, singer, and producer who debuted in 2011 and has released eleven studio albums.
Giridhar Aramane
Giridhar Aramane (गिरिधर अरमने), 1988-batch IAS officer of the Andhra Pradesh cadre, was India's Defence Secretary from 1 November 2022 to 31 October 2024, after serving as Road Transport Secretary; later a corporate director and Unitech CMD from 2026.
Giridhari Yadav
Giridhari Yadav is an Indian politician of Janata Dal (United) who has represented Banka in the Lok Sabha since 2019 and earlier served two terms in the Bihar Legislative Assembly.
Girih
Girih (Persian for "knot") is a system of interlaced geometric strapwork used in Islamic architecture and decorative arts, concentrated in Iran and Central Asia from the 8th century onward.
Girija Kumar Mathur
Girija Kumar Mathur (गिरिजा कुमार माथुर) was a Hindi poet and critic, included in Tar Saptak (1943) and winner of the 1991 Sahitya Akademi Award.
Girija Oak (गिरिजा ओक)
Girija Oak (गिरीजा ओक), also Girija Oak Godbole, is an Indian actress (born 1987, Nagpur) in Marathi and Hindi films, TV, and theatre, known for Taare Zameen Par, Shor in the City, Lajja, Jawan, and the late-2025 viral 'National Crush' fame.
Girija Prasad Koirala (गिरिजा प्रसाद कोइराला)
Girija Prasad Koirala (गिरिजा प्रसाद कोइराला), also known as GP Koirala, was a Nepalese politician who served four times as prime minister between 1991 and 2008.
Girija Shettar
Girija Shettar, British-Indian actress born 1969 in Orsett, Essex; starred in Mani Ratnam's Geethanjali (1989) with Nagarjuna and Priyadarshan's Vandanam with Mohanlal, left films for three decades, returned in 2024 with Ibbani Tabbida Ileyali.
Girijakalyana
Girijakalyana (ಗಿರಿಜಾ ಕಲ್ಯಾಣ) is a Kannada court epic by the poet Harihara, written at Hampi around 1200, telling of the marriage of Shiva and Parvati.
Girimānanda
Girimānanda was a monk of the Buddha's time in the Pali Canon, remembered for the Girimānanda Sutta, whose ten perceptions were recited to him when he lay gravely ill.
Girindrawardhana
Girindrawardhana Dyah Ranawijaya was a late 15th-century king of Majapahit, the last ruler of that tradition securely documented by inscriptions, known chiefly from charters of 1486.
Giriraj Kishore
Giriraj Kishore (गिरिराज किशोर, 1937–2020) was an Indian Hindi novelist, short story writer, and playwright, best known for Pahla Girmitiya about Gandhi in South Africa.
Giriraj Singh (गिरिराज सिंह)
Giriraj Singh (गिरिराज सिंह), BJP leader from Bihar, MP for Begusarai since 2019 after Nawada in 2014; Union minister for MSME, Animal Husbandry, and now Textiles; known for controversial statements.
Girish Chandra Ghosh
Girish Chandra Ghosh (গিরিশচন্দ্র ঘোষ; 1844–1912) was a Bengali playwright, actor, and director known as a father of modern Bengali theater, and a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna.
Girish Chandra Sen
Girish Chandra Sen (গিরিশচন্দ্র সেন) was a Bengali Brahmo missionary best known as the first person to translate the complete Quran into Bengali, in 1886.
Girish Chodankar
Girish Chodankar is an Indian National Congress politician serving as president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, a post he held until 2022 and regained in May 2026.
Girish Karnad (ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್)
Girish Karnad (ಗಿರೀಶ್ ಕಾರ್ನಾಡ್), 1938–2019, Kannada playwright, actor and film director; wrote Yayati, Tughlaq, Hayavadana, Naga-Mandala; Jnanpith, Padma Bhushan awardee; led FTII and Sangeet Natak Akademi.
Girish Kulkarni (गिरीश पांडुरंग कुलकर्णी)
Girish Pandurang Kulkarni (गिरीश पांडुरंग कुलकर्णी), born 1977 in Paranda, Maharashtra, is a Marathi film actor, writer, producer, and director; National Award winner for Deool, co-founder of Arbhaat Films with Umesh Kulkarni, also known for Dangal, Ugly, and Sacred Games.
Girish Mathrubootham
Girish Mathrubootham is an Indian technology entrepreneur who co-founded Freshworks in Chennai in 2010, led it as chief executive until 2024, and took it public on Nasdaq.
Girish N. Vyas
Girish N. Vyas, also published as G. N. Vyas, is an Indian-born American transfusion-medicine scientist and hepatitis B researcher, Professor Emeritus of Laboratory Medicine at UCSF.
Girish Redekar
Girish Redekar is an Indian technology founder, co-founder and CEO of the Bengaluru compliance-automation company Sprinto, founded in 2020. He earlier co-founded Recruiterbox, a recruiting software firm sold in 2018.
Girl
Girl: a female child; girlhood is the associated cultural category. Key facts: girlhood studies, an interdisciplinary feminist field, emerged from the late 1980s and 1990s, studies intersectional girlhoods, and documents barriers such as child marriage and educational exclusion.
Girl (2018 film)
Girl (2018) is Lukas Dhont's Belgian debut drama about 15-year-old trans ballerina Lara, played by Victor Polster and inspired by Nora Monsecour; it won the Cannes Caméra d'Or and Queer Palm but drew controversy over cisgender casting.