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Gough Island
Gough Island (Diego Alvarez), a 91 km² volcanic island in the South Atlantic belonging to Tristan da Cunha, is a UNESCO World Heritage seabird sanctuary with a South African weather station since 1956, threatened by predatory introduced house mice.
Gough Whitlam
Gough Whitlam (1916–2014), Australia's 21st prime minister (5 December 1972 – 11 November 1975), Labor leader whose reform program ended with the only dismissal of a government by a Governor-General.
Goulamina
Goulamina is a hard-rock lithium (spodumene) mine in southern Mali, about 150 kilometers south of Bamako, majority-owned by China's Ganfeng Lithium and inaugurated in 2024 as Mali's first lithium mine.
Goulash
Goulash (Hungarian gulyás, gulyásleves; Czech guláš; German Gulasch): paprika-seasoned beef dish from Magyar herdsmen's cooking, a soup in Hungary, a thick stew abroad, distinct from pörkölt, paprikás, and American pasta goulash.
Goulburn Correctional Centre
Goulburn Correctional Centre, also called Goulburn Gaol, is a maximum/minimum security male prison in Goulburn, NSW, operating since 1884 and sharing the Goulburn Correctional Complex with the High Risk Management Correctional Centre, Australia's first supermax (2001).
Gould Belt
The Gould Belt is a band of bright, young stars and star-forming clouds tilted about 20 degrees to the Milky Way's plane, supplying many of the brightest stars in the sky.
Gould family
Gould family: American dynasty of Gilded Age financier Jay Gould (1836–1892), his wife Helen Day Miller, and their six children including George Jay Gould, Helen Gould Shepard, and Anna Gould, duchess de Talleyrand-Périgord.
Gould's Book of Fish
Gould's Book of Fish is a 2001 novel by Tasmanian author Richard Flanagan, written as the autobiography of convict painter William Buelow Gould and set on Sarah Island, Tasmania.
Gouldian finch
Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae, Lady Gouldian finch, rainbow finch): colorful Australian grassfinch with black, red, or yellow head morphs; nests only in tree hollows; Endangered under EPBC Act, IUCN Least Concern since 2022.
Goundamani (கௌந்தமணி)
Goundamani (கௌந்தமணி), born Subramaniyan Karuppaiya, is a Tamil film actor and comedian famous for his Goundamani–Senthil double act; birth year (1939 vs 1943) and film count are disputed.
Goupitan hydroelectric plant
The Goupitan hydroelectric plant (构皮滩水电站) is a 3,000 MW hydropower station on the Wujiang River in Guizhou, China, known for its three vertical ship lifts opened in 2021.
Goura
Goura (crowned pigeons), genus Goura Stephens 1819, Columbidae; four large ground-dwelling pigeon species endemic to New Guinea lowlands, including the Victoria crowned pigeon, the largest living pigeon; threatened by logging and hunting.
Gourami
Gourami, or gouramies (Osphronemidae), freshwater labyrinth fishes of Asia and Africa with an air-breathing labyrinth organ; includes dwarf, pearl, honey, blue, and giant gouramis, bubble nesters and mouthbrooders popular in the aquarium trade.
Gourd
Gourd: hard-shelled Cucurbitaceae fruits, mainly Cucurbita and Lagenaria (bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria). Among the oldest domesticated plants, used as containers, utensils, instruments; bitter fruits contain toxic cucurbitacins.
Gourdin Island
Gourdin Island (Gourdin, islotes) is the largest island in a group north of Prime Head, northern Antarctic Peninsula, at 63°12′S 57°18′W. Discovered by d'Urville's 1837–40 expedition and named for Ensign Jean Gourdin, it is IBA Ant027 with Adélie, gentoo, and chinstrap penguin colonies.
Gouri G. Kishan
Gouri G. Kishan, Indian actress (born 1999, Kochi) known as young Jaanu in 96 (2018) and its Telugu remake Jaanu; works in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam films including Master, Karnan, Adiyae, and leads JioHotstar's Love Always.
Gouri Park
Gouri Park (حديقة قوري للتسلية) is an amusement park in El Oued, Algeria, in the Oued Souf region, with two steel roller coasters, 24-hour listed hours, government ownership, and ratings around 4.0 from over 200 reviews.
Gouri Parvati Bayi
Gouri Parvati Bayi (ഗൗരി പാർവതി ബായി), also written Gowri Parvathi Bai, was regent maharani of Travancore from 1815 to 1829, governing for her nephew Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma.
Gouri Shankar Ghosh
Gouri Shankar Ghosh is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a West Bengal minister holding the Backward Classes Welfare, Mass Education Extension, and Library Services portfolios.
Gouri Shankaram
Gouri Shankaram (ഗൗരിശങ്കരം) is an Indian Malayalam-language television drama series that aired on Asianet from 3 July 2023 to 27 December 2024, streaming on Disney+ Hotstar.
Gourisankar Ghosh
Gourisankar Ghosh is an Indian-born American structural biologist and professor of chemistry and biochemistry at UC San Diego, known for landmark crystal structures of the transcription factor NF-κB.
Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve
Gouritz Cluster Biosphere Reserve (GCBR), a UNESCO MAB site designated 9 June 2015 in South Africa's southern Cape; its 3.19-million-hectare domain is the only place where the Fynbos, Succulent Karoo, and Maputaland–Pondoland–Albany hotspots converge.
Gourmet
Gourmet: a connoisseur of fine food and drink, from Old French groumet, a wine-taster's valet. English noun from 1820; distinguished from gourmand (quantity) and foodie (enthusiasm without knowledge).
Gourmey
Gourmey is a Paris-based cultivated-meat startup founded in 2019, known for its flagship cultivated foie gras; after merging into PARIMA in 2025–2026, it won Singapore approval for cultivated chicken and duck.
Gournay-sur-Aronde
Gournay-sur-Aronde sanctuary: Iron Age Celtic religious site at Le Parc, Oise, France, inside a Bellovaci oppidum; excavated 1975-1984 by Jean-Louis Brunaux; first identified Celtic sanctuary, with weapon, animal, and human-bone deposits and a later Gallo-Roman fanum.
Gouryella
Gouryella, also known as Ferry Corsten presents Gouryella, is a Dutch trance project formed by Ferry Corsten and Tiësto, best known for the late-1990s singles "Gouryella", "Walhalla", and "Tenshi".
Gousto
Gousto is a British recipe-box delivery company founded by Timo Boldt in 2012, posting pre-portioned ingredients and recipes to subscribers; it became a unicorn in 2021.
Gout
Gout: inflammatory arthritis from monosodium urate crystal deposition due to hyperuricemia; flares of severe joint pain (often the big toe), tophi, treated with colchicine, NSAIDs, and urate-lowering drugs like allopurinol.
Gout Gout
Gout Gout, born 2007 in Brisbane to South Sudanese parents, is an Australian sprinter who became the first Australian to run 200m under 20 seconds.
Goutam Das Baul
Goutam Das Baul, also spelled Gautam Das Baul, is a Baul singer from West Bengal, India, whose recorded albums and singles span 2019 to 2023.