All articles starting with G

Granada War

Granada War: the 1482–1492 conquest of the Nasrid emirate by Ferdinand and Isabella, ending Muslim rule in Iberia; the name also covers the 1568–1571 Alpujarras Morisco rebellion.

Oct 22, 2026

Granadine Confederation

The Granadine Confederation (Confederación Granadina) was the federal republic that covered present-day Colombia and Panama from 1858 to 1863, formed from the Republic of New Granada.

Granary: a grain storehouse, from Latin granaria; covers farm bins, silos, warehouses, and hermetic bags. Safe storage requires low moisture (below about 12%), cool temperatures, and protection from insects, rodents, birds, and water.

Granary Burying Ground

Granary Burying Ground, established 1660 on Tremont Street, is Boston's third oldest cemetery and a Freedom Trail site. Burials include Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Paul Revere, and Crispus Attucks; a 2025 find revealed the gravestone of Boston, a free Black man who died 1728/29.

Granat (satellite)

Granat, formally the International Astrophysical Observatory, was a Soviet-led X-ray and gamma-ray observatory launched in 1989 that carried seven instruments from four countries and studied the Galactic center until 1998.

GranBio

GranBio is a Brazilian biotechnology company founded in 2011 by the Gradin family; in 2014 it opened BioFlex 1 in Alagoas, presented as the Southern Hemisphere's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant.

Granblue Fantasy (グランブルーファンタジー)

Granblue Fantasy (グランブルーファンタジー) is Cygames' free-to-play turn-based JRPG launched on Mobage on March 10, 2014, with gacha monetization, over 25 million downloads, and a Steam release on March 10, 2026.

Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Granblue Fantasy: Relink is Cygames' 2024 four-player action RPG spinoff of the 2014 mobile game, finished after a 7+ year cycle following PlatinumGames' 2019 exit, selling 2 million copies by mid-2025.

Grand 1894 Opera House (Galveston)

The Grand 1894 Opera House is a restored Romanesque Revival theater at 2020 Postoffice Street in Galveston, Texas, opened in 1895 and now a nonprofit performing arts venue.

Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds

The Grand Accélérateur National d'Ions Lourds, or GANIL, is a French heavy-ion accelerator laboratory in Caen, Normandy, where more than 100 nuclei have been discovered.

Grand Admiral Thrawn

Grand Admiral Thrawn (Mitth'raw'nuruodo) is a Chiss Imperial strategist created by Timothy Zahn in Heir to the Empire (1991), later canonized in Star Wars Rebels and Ahsoka, played by Lars Mikkelsen.

Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)

Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg): anti-French coalition of 1686, reconstituted 1689 by William III with England, the Dutch Republic, the Emperor, Spain, and Savoy; fought Louis XIV in the Nine Years' War and settled at Ryswick (1697).

Grand Aquarium

Grand Aquarium (海洋奇觀) is the main public aquarium of Ocean Park Hong Kong, opened 21 January 2011 in Aqua City; 5,244,000 litres, 5,000 fish of 400+ species, 13 m acrylic panel and 5.5 m dome, distinct from Hurghada and Saint-Malo namesakes.

Grand Army (TV series)

Grand Army is a Netflix teen drama created by Katie Cappiello, loosely based on her play Slut, following five students at Brooklyn's largest public high school. One nine-episode season premiered October 16, 2020; canceled June 2021 amid writers' room racism allegations.

Grand Army of the Republic

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Union Civil War veterans' fraternity founded 1866 in Decatur, Illinois; peaked at 400,000 members in 1890, drove pension law, created Memorial Day, integrated, dissolved 1956.

Grand Bahama

Grand Bahama, northernmost Bahamian island on the Little Bahama Bank, home to Freeport, the country's second city and shipping hub; devastated by Hurricane Dorian in 2019, now rebounding on cruise tourism and multi-billion-dollar investment.

Grand Baie Casino

Grand Baie Casino is a state-owned casino in Grand Baie, northern Mauritius, opened by the State Investment Corporation in February 2016 in the former Grand Baie International Conference Centre.

Grand Banks of Newfoundland

Grand Banks of Newfoundland: submerged plateaus southeast of Newfoundland, also called the Grand Bank group, among the world's richest fishing grounds. Fished since Cabot's 1497 report; cod moratorium 1992; Northern cod declared healthy in 2026.

Grand Bazaar, Istanbul

The Grand Bazaar (Kapalıçarşı) is a historic covered market in Istanbul, founded in 1461 by Sultan Mehmed II and one of the world's largest covered marketplaces.

Grand Bellagio

Grand Bellagio: Georgian casino brand with a Tbilisi casino at 29 Rustaveli Ave (opened December 2022, 34 tables) and the Grand Bellagio Hotel & Casino Batumi (590 rooms, 2020). Unrelated to MGM's Las Vegas Bellagio and to a Minsk namesake.

Grand Bend

Grand Bend, Ontario: Lake Huron beach resort in Lambton Shores, Lambton County, named for a 180-degree bend of the Ausable River; Blue Flag beach, 1892 river Cut harbour, summer population 30,000-40,000.

Grand Blue Dreaming season 3

Grand Blue Dreaming season 3 (ぐらんぶる Season 3), 2026 anime season of the diving comedy; first overseas setting in Palau; 12 episodes on TOKYO MX, BS11, MBS from July 7, 2026, directed by Shinji Takamatsu, Zero-G × Saber Works.

Grand Bridge

Grand Bridge (Vanburgh Bridge) is Sir John Vanbrugh's unfinished c.1706-1712 Grade I listed habitable limestone bridge at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, spanning the River Glyme and Capability Brown's lake, with over 30 rooms and a 30 m central arch.

Grand Canal (Venice)

The Grand Canal, or Canal Grande, is the main waterway of Venice, Italy, crossing the city in a large "S" for about 3,800 meters and crossed by 4 bridges.

Grand Canal builders of China

The Grand Canal builders of China were the conscripted laborers and officials who dug and ran the world's largest pre-industrial canal, from the fifth century BC to the Qing.

Sep 25, 2026

Grand Canal Restoration under Yongle

The Grand Canal Restoration under Yongle (永乐重开会通河) was a Ming project led by Minister of Works Song Li that dredged the silted Huitonghe, restoring grain transport to Beijing.

Grand canonical ensemble

The grand canonical ensemble is a statistical-mechanical description of an open system at fixed temperature, volume, and chemical potential, where energy and particle number fluctuate.

Sep 29, 2026

Grand canonical Monte Carlo simulation

Grand canonical Monte Carlo, introduced by D.J. Adams in 1974, is a simulation method with fluctuating particle number at fixed chemical potential, used for adsorption isotherms.

Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon: mile-deep Colorado River gorge in northwestern Arizona; 278 river miles protected in a 1,904 sq mi national park, UNESCO site since 1979, 4.4 million 2025 visitors, hit by the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire and 2026 flash flood.