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Gopnik (гопник)
Gopnik (гопник), derogatory Russian and post-Soviet slang for a tracksuit-wearing street youth of the urban periphery, parallel to the chav; known for the Slavic squat, counterfeit Adidas from the 1980 Moscow Olympics era, and 2010s memes.
GoPro
GoPro is an American camera company in San Mateo, California, founded by Nicholas Woodman in 2004, best known for making hands-free self-capture during sports practical for consumers.
GoPro Hero
The GoPro Hero is a line of small, rugged, mountable action cameras made by GoPro, starting as a film wrist camera for surfers in 2002.
Gopuram
A gopuram, also spelled gopura, is the ornate entrance gateway tower of a Hindu temple in the Dravidian architecture of South India and Sri Lanka.
Gor
Gor is the Counter-Earth setting of John Norman's sword-and-planet series begun with Tarnsman of Gor (1966), reaching 38 novels by 2024, known for its Priest-Kings, Kurii, slavery themes, and Gorean subculture.
Gora
Gora (গোরা) is a 1910 novel in Bengali by Rabindranath Tagore, widely regarded as his longest and one of his major works, set in colonial Calcutta.
Gora Alagordy (mountain, China)
Köketau is a name for Gora Alagordy, also called Besbakan and Semenov-Tian-Shansky Peak, a 4,622 m mountain on the China–Kazakhstan border and the highest point of the Dzungarian Alatau.
Gora Badal ki Katha
Gora Badal ki Katha (गोरा बादल की कथा) is a Hindi narrative poem by Jatmal Nahar, composed in 1623 and counted among the first works in Khari Boli.
Gora Belukha (mountain, Russia)
Gora Belukha (Гора Белуха), Mount Belukha or Muztau, is the highest peak of the Altai Mountains and Siberia at 4,506–4,509 m, a twin-summed glacier massif on the Russia–Kazakhstan border first climbed in 1914.
Gora Burun-Shibertuy
Gora Burun-Shibertuy (Гора Бурун-Шибертуй) is a 2,242 m mountain in the Chikokon Range, Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia; distinct from the village Shibertuy in Buryatia and from Barun-Shabartuy (2,519 m).
Gora Chimtarga
Gora Chimtarga, also known as Kuhi Chimtarga, is a 5,489-meter peak in the Fann Mountains of Sughd Region, northwestern Tajikistan, and the range's highest summit.
Gora Golets-Oblachnyy
Gora Golets-Oblachnyy (Гора Голец-Облачный), a mountain in the Stanovoi Range, Ayano-Maysky Rayon, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia; elevation reported as 1,422 m (PeakVisor) or 1,575 m (Peakbagger), isolation 71.4 km.
Gora Kabristan, Lahore
Gora Kabristan, meaning roughly "white foreigners' cemetery", is a Christian cemetery on Jail Road in Lahore, Pakistan, established under British rule; Princess Bamba Sutherland is buried there.
Gora Khuvkhoitun
Gora Khuvkhoitun (Хувхойтун), also called Khuvkhoitun, is a late-Pleistocene extinct complex stratovolcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, the highest peak of the northern Sredinny Range at 2,618 m with 1,920 m prominence, an ultra peak with no Holocene eruptions.
Gora Kurumdy
Gora Kurumdy (Гора Курумды), also written Kurumdy or Kurumdi, is a 6,614-meter peak in the Trans-Alay Range of the Pamir on the Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan border near China.
Gora Manas
Gora Manas (Гора Манас) names two Kyrgyz mountains: a 3,335 m peak in Chuy Region and Manas Peak, 4,482 m, the highest summit of the Talas Ala-Too in the Western Tien Shan, both named for the epic hero Manas.
Gora Radzhi-Bek (Kudara)
Gora Radzhi-Bek, also called Kudara, is a 5,735 m ultra-prominent Pamir summit in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, with 1,940 m prominence, parent Qullai Istiqlol, near the Kudara locality and river.
Gora Tardoki-Yani
Gora Tardoki-Yani (Гора Тордоки-Яни), also Tordoki-Yani, is the highest peak of the Sikhote-Alin in Nanai district, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, about 2,090 m, with glacial cirques, alpine tundra, and a notable arctic-alpine bryophyte flora.
Gora Tastau
Gora Tastau (Гора Тастау, Тастау тауы) is a 2,992 m peak in Abai Region, Kazakhstan, the highest summit of the Tarbagatay ridge in the Saur-Tarbagatay system, with 1,679 m prominence and no glaciation.
Gorai Dhana, Iglas, Mound
Three Mounds at Gorai Dhana, Iglas, Aligarh district, Uttar Pradesh: a centrally protected ASI archaeological mound group (identifier N-UP-A70) under the Agra Circle, listed at serial 75 of the circle's January 2024 list.
Goraj Mound
Goraj Mound is an archaeological site in Goraj village, Vadodara district, Gujarat, identified through 1980s excavations as the early temple site of Mahadeopura, with a large brick temple plinth.
Gorakh Bani
Gorakh Bani (गोरखबानी), "the sayings of Gorakh," is a compilation of Old Hindi texts by and about the Nāth yogis, edited by Pitambar Datt Barthwal in the mid-twentieth century.
Gorakhnath (गोरखनाथ)
Gorakhnath, or Gorakshanatha (गोरखनाथ), was a hatha yoga teacher placed by scholars between 900 and 1225 CE, honored by the Nath ascetic order as its second human guru.
Gorakhnath Math (गोरखनाथ मठ)
Gorakhnath Math, also called Gorakhnath Temple, is a Hindu temple and monastery of the Nath order in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, on the site where the yogi Gorakhnath is believed to have meditated.
Gorakhpur (district)
Gorakhpur district (गोरखपुर ज़िला), Uttar Pradesh, India, named after saint Gorakshnath; 3,483.8 sq km, 4.44 million people (2011), 7 tehsils, headquarters of Gorakhpur Division and North Eastern Railway.
Gorakhpur (गोरखपुर)
Gorakhpur (गोरखपुर), eastern Uttar Pradesh city and district named after saint Gorakhnath of the Nath Sampradaya; on the Rapti river, flood-prone, home to Gorakhnath Temple, Gita Press, and GI-tagged terracotta.
Gorakhpur Junction railway station
Gorakhpur Junction railway station is a major station in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, headquarters of the North Eastern Railway, which held the world's longest railway platform record.
Gorakhpur Mound
Gorakhpur Mound, the ruins of ancient Domangarh near Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh; a centrally protected ASI monument (no. 3427) of large square bricks, associated with the Domkattar tribe and an 1884 gold relic casket find.
Göran Akusjärvi
Göran Akusjärvi is a Swedish molecular biologist and virologist known for using human adenovirus to work out how RNA splicing is regulated; he retired from Uppsala University in 2024.
Goran Bregović
Goran Bregović (Горан Бреговић), born 1950 in Sarajevo, led Yugoslav rock band Bijelo Dugme, then became a film composer for Kusturica and frontman of the Wedding and Funeral Orchestra, selling over six million albums.