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Govindachandra (Gahadavala dynasty king of northern India)

Govindachandra (गोविन्दचन्द्र) was a king of the Gahadavala dynasty who ruled most of the Gangetic valley, covering modern Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, from 1114 to 1155, when the dynasty reached the peak of its power.

Govindas Konthoujam

Govindas Konthoujam is an Indian politician from Manipur and a BJP minister holding the Home Affairs and Youth Affairs & Sports portfolios in the state government.

Govindasamy Mugesh

Govindasamy Mugesh, born 1970, is an Indian bioinorganic and medicinal chemist, professor at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, winner of the 2012 Bhatnagar and 2019 Infosys Prizes.

Govindasvamin

Govindasvamin (गोविन्दस्वामिन्) was an Indian mathematical astronomer, born about 800 and died about 860, whose commentary on the Mahabhaskariya of Bhaskara I introduced proofs into Indian mathematics.

Govindudu Andarivadele (గోవిందుడు అందరివాడే)

Govindudu Andarivadele (గోవిందుడు అందరివాడే), aka Govindudu Andari Vaadele, is a 2014 Telugu family drama by Krishna Vamsi starring Ram Charan and Kajal Aggarwal, released 1 October 2014, music by Yuvan Shankar Raja.

Govorestat

Govorestat (AT-007), also known as Nugalviq in Europe, is an investigational CNS-penetrant aldose reductase inhibitor by Applied Therapeutics for galactosemia, SORD deficiency, and PMM2-CDG; FDA CRL November 2024, EU application withdrawn, studies halted April 2026.

Govt. Ayurveda College Botanic Garden

Govt. Ayurveda College Botanic Garden is a medicinal plant garden at Poojappura in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, serving the Government Ayurveda College, one of Kerala's oldest Ayurveda teaching institutions.

Gowa-Tallo Sultanate

The Gowa-Tallo Sultanate (Kesultanan Gowa) was a dual kingdom of Gowa and Tallo in south Sulawesi, Indonesia, centered on Makassar and converted to Islam in 1605.

Gowaal Kagada Padavi

Gowaal Kagada Padavi, born in 1992, is an Indian National Congress politician who has represented the Nandurbar constituency in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha since the 2024 election.

Gowdy solution

The Gowdy solution, also called the Gowdy universe, is an exact vacuum solution of Einstein's equations modeling gravitational waves in a closed universe, introduced by Robert Gowdy in 1971.

Gowers norm

The Gowers norm, or Gowers uniformity norm, is a measure of how far a function on a finite group deviates from a low-degree polynomial phase, introduced by Timothy Gowers in 1998.

GoWork

GoWork is a co-working operator founded in Gurugram, India, in 2017 by the Nimitaya Group, known for a flagship billed as the world's largest co-working space.

Gowri (ಗೌರಿ) (2024 film)

Gowri (ಗೌರಿ) is a 2024 Kannada action drama directed and produced by Indrajit Lankesh, starring his son Samarjit Lankesh and Saanya Iyer in debut roles. Released 15 August 2024, 130 minutes, U certificate; a hearing-impaired village youth dreams of singing; streamed as a Prime Video rental from April 2025.

Goy (גוי)

Goy (גוי; plural goyim) is Hebrew for "nation," later meaning a non-Jew or gentile. Neutral in the Bible (even applied to Israel), it narrowed in rabbinic literature; Yiddish derivatives include goyish and Shabbos goy.

Goya (Mercurian crater)

Goya is an impact crater on Mercury about 135 km across, located at 6.79° south latitude and named in 1976 for the Spanish painter Francisco de Goya.

Goya Awards

Goya Awards (Premios Goya): Spain's national film awards by the Spanish Film Academy, first held 16 March 1987 in Madrid. Two voting rounds by Academy members; 28 categories; no cash prize; 2026 gala in Barcelona, 2027 in Pamplona.

Goya Foods

Goya Foods, Inc., American food company founded 1936 by Prudencio and Carolina Unanue in Lower Manhattan; largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US, HQ Secaucus, New Jersey, 2,500+ Latin cuisine products, family-run, 90th anniversary 2026.

Goya in Bordeaux

Goya in Bordeaux (Goya en Burdeos) is Carlos Saura's 1999 Spanish-Italian biopic of Francisco de Goya, starring Francisco Rabal and José Coronado, shot by Vittorio Storaro, winner of five Goya awards and Montreal festival prizes.

Goya's Ghosts

Goya's Ghosts (Los Fantasmas de Goya) is a 2006 historical drama by Miloš Forman, starring Javier Bardem, Natalie Portman, and Stellan Skarsgård as Goya, set during the Spanish Inquisition and Napoleonic invasion of Spain.

Goyang Dumang (single)

"Goyang Dumang" is a 2014 dangdut koplo single by Indonesian singer Cita Citata, written by Tjahjadi Djajanata, whose dance craze spread largely through the soap opera Diam-diam Suka.

Goyang-si (city)

Goyang-si (고양시), Goyang Special City, is a city in northwestern Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, bordering Seoul, with about 1.06 million residents, three districts (Deogyang, Ilsandong, Ilsanseo), KINTEX, and city status since 1992.

Goyard

Goyard, or Maison Goyard, is a French luxury trunk maker in Paris trading since 1853, with origins in Maison Martin (1792). Known for the 1892 Goyardine chevron canvas, Carcassonne workshop trunks, and Signoles family private ownership since 1998.

Goyslop

Goyslop is antisemitic 4chan slang, first documented in 2016, combining goy and slop for food allegedly promoted by Jews to harm non-Jews; variants include ZOGslop, zogchow, and goycattle.

Gozan literature

Gozan literature (五山文学, Gozan bungaku) is the Chinese-language poetry and prose written by Zen monks of Japan's Kyoto and Kamakura Five Mountains temples, chiefly from the late 13th to the 17th centuries.

Gozan Pedestal inscription

The Gozan Pedestal inscription is a short Old Aramaic text on a limestone altar from Tell Halaf, commemorating the Aramaean ruler Zdnt of the Bakhiani house.

Gozan system

The Gozan system (五山) was a hierarchy of officially sponsored Rinzai Zen temples in medieval Japan, reaching its final form under Ashikaga Yoshimitsu in 1386.

Gozetotide

Gozetotide (PSMA-11) is a peptide radioactive diagnostic agent labeled with gallium-68 for PET imaging of PSMA-positive prostate cancer lesions; sold as Illuccix, Locametz, and GOZELLIX, and used to select patients for Pluvicto radioligand therapy.

Gözlü Kule

Gözlü Kule is the settlement mound holding the earliest layers of Tarsus in southern Turkey, excavated by Hetty Goldman from 1934 and occupied from the Neolithic onward.

Gözne Boundary Stone

The Gözne Boundary Stone is a five-line Aramaic inscription carved on natural rock near Gözne Castle in Mersin Province, Turkey, marking the boundary of Lampron in the name of Baalshamin.

Gozo

Gozo (Għawdex), Malta's second-largest island, 67 km² about 8 km offshore, population around 34,000; rural, home to the Ġgantija temples, ferry-linked to Malta, with per capita GDP at 63.6% of the national level.