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Givaudan

Givaudan, Swiss flavour and fragrance maker founded 1895 in Zürich by Léon and Xavier Givaudan, headquartered in Vernier; divisions Taste & Wellbeing and Fragrance & Beauty; 2025 sales CHF 7,472 million; industry leader versus IFF, Symrise, DSM-Firmenich.

Give 'Em Enough Rope

Give 'Em Enough Rope is The Clash's second studio album, released November 10, 1978 on Epic/CBS, produced by Sandy Pearlman, first LP with drummer Topper Headon, voted Album of the Year by Sounds, Rolling Stone, and Time.

Give Back the Human

"Give Back the Human" (Ningen o kaese) is the prelude of Tōge Sankichi's 1951 Poems of the Atomic Bomb, written from his own experience of the Hiroshima bombing.

Give It Away (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)

Give It Away is a 1991 Red Hot Chili Peppers song, lead single of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, written by Kiedis, Flea, Frusciante, and Smith; it reached UK No. 9 and won the 1993 Grammy for Best Hard Rock Performance With Vocal.

Give Me Liberty (Гив ми либерти)

Give Me Liberty (Гив ми либерти) is Kirill Mikhanovsky's 2019 Milwaukee-set comedy-drama about medical transport driver Vic, Sundance and Cannes Directors' Fortnight selection, John Cassavetes Award winner.

Give Me One Reason

Give Me One Reason is a 1995 blues rock single by Tracy Chapman from New Beginning, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning the 1997 Grammy for Best Rock Song; her biggest US hit.

Give Peace a Chance

"Give Peace a Chance" is a 1969 John Lennon anti-war song credited to the Plastic Ono Band, recorded in room 1742 of Montreal's Queen Elizabeth Hotel during the second Bed-In for Peace. Released July 4, 1969, it reached No. 2 in the UK and became a Vietnam-era peace anthem.

Give Us a Moment

"Give Us a Moment" (Dej nám chvilku) is season 4, episode 5 of the animated series Invincible, released 2026 on Prime Video; directed by Sol Choi, Dan Duncan, and Shaun O'Neil, written by Adria Lang, 50 minutes.

Given (2020 film)

Given (映画 ギヴン, Eiga Given) is a 2020 Japanese anime film by Lerche and director Hikaru Yamaguchi, continuing the 2019 Given TV series; it follows band members Haruki, Akihiko, and Ugetsu, released August 22, 2020 by Aniplex.

Given (ギヴン) (manga)

Given (ギヴン) is Natsuki Kizu's Boys' Love manga about a student band, serialized in Cheri+ from 2013 in nine volumes, adapted as the first Noitamina BL anime in 2019, with a 10th mix epilogue sequel.

Given name

A given name, also called a first name or forename, is the personal name given at birth, distinct from an inherited surname; the article covers Roman, Greek, and Christian European naming traditions, name-choice practices, popularity dynamics, and legal regulation.

Given the Movie (2024 film)

Given the Movie (映画 ギヴン) is a 2024 Japanese two-part anime romantic drama, Hiiragi mix and To the Sea, concluding Natsuki Kizu's Given manga adaptation, directed by Noriko Hashimoto, produced by Lerche.

Givenchy

Givenchy, French luxury fashion house founded in Paris in 1952 by Hubert de Givenchy, known for the Separables, L'Interdit, and Audrey Hepburn; LVMH-owned since 1988, creative director Sarah Burton since 2024.

Givens rotation

A Givens rotation is a plane rotation in numerical linear algebra, acting on two coordinates of a vector to turn one chosen entry into zero.

Giveon

Giveon (Giveon Dezmann Evans, born 1995, Long Beach, California) is an American R&B baritone singer; known for "Like I Want You," Drake's "Chicago Freestyle," Bieber's "Peaches," albums Give or Take (2022) and Beloved (2025), and eight Grammy nominations.

Giverny

Giverny, a village in Normandy's Eure department (75 km from Paris), is Claude Monet's home from 1883 to 1926; his house, Clos Normand, and water lily garden draw about 775,000 annual visitors, making it one of France's most visited villages.

Givi K ' Art ' Ozia

Givi K'art'ozia (Givi Kartozia, გივი კარტოზია), Georgian Greco-Roman wrestler for the USSR; 1956 Olympic middleweight champion, 1960 bronze at light-heavyweight, world champion 1953, 1955, 1958.

Givi Mikanadze

Givi Mikanadze is a Georgian politician and Georgian Dream member serving as Minister of Education, Science and Youth, appointed in 2025 after serving as an MP.

Givinostat

Givinostat (Duvyzat), an oral class I/II histone deacetylase inhibitor by Italfarmaco, approved 2024 for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in ambulant patients 6 and older on corticosteroids; EPIDYS trial showed slower four-stair climb worsening.

Givosiran

Givosiran (Givlaari) is a GalNAc-conjugated siRNA degrading liver ALAS1 mRNA, given 2.5 mg/kg monthly subcutaneously for acute hepatic porphyria; approved US 2019, EU 2020, cutting attacks by 74%.

Giygas (ギーグ)

Giygas (ギーグ, also Giegue) is the final boss of EarthBound (Mother 2, 1994), an alien overlord whose power destroyed his mind and form; he is defeated by Paula's nine prayers, the last reaching the player, and was inspired by a childhood trauma of creator Shigesato Itoi.

Giza (الجيزة)

Giza, also known as Al Jizah, is a major Egyptian city on the Nile opposite Cairo, capital of the Giza governorate and site of the pyramids.

Giza East Field

The Giza East Field, also called the Eastern Cemetery, is a mastaba cemetery immediately east of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, used by his royal family and high officials.

Giza Governorate

Giza Governorate (محافظة الجيزة), Egyptian governorate west of the Nile opposite Cairo, capital Giza city, part of Greater Cairo. Area 13,184 km², population about 9.8 million (2024), home to the Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, and Memphis.

Giza pyramid complex

Giza pyramid complex: Fourth Dynasty royal necropolis west of the Nile with pyramids of Khufu, Khafra, and Menkaura, temples, causeways, the Great Sphinx, and builders' settlement.

Giza West Field

The Giza West Field, also called the Western Cemetery, is a mastaba cemetery west of the Great Pyramid at Giza, used mainly in Dynasties 4 to 6.

Giza writing board

The Giza writing board is a plastered wooden writing board excavated by George Andrew Reisner at Giza in 1904, inscribed with a list beginning with names of Dynasty 5 kings.

Giza Zoo

Giza Zoo (حديقة الحيوان بالجيزة), historic Cairo zoological garden opened 1 March 1891 on Khedive Ismail's palace grounds, with an Eiffel-designed suspension bridge; closed since July 2023, reopening expected 2026.

Gizel Jiménez

Gizel Jiménez, Cuban-American actress and singer: Broadway's Nessarose in Wicked (2019), Drama Desk and Lortel-nominated Olivia in Miss You Like Hell, first ethnic Kate Monster in Avenue Q, Tess in Dexter: New Blood, Mel in Bad Monkey, Cristin in Tick, Tick... Boom!.

Gizzard

Gizzard: the muscular second stomach chamber of birds, working with swallowed grit and the koilin lining to grind food in place of teeth; also evolved independently in crocodilians and some fishes, and diet-tuned in poultry.