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Gangubai Kothewali (गंगूबाई कोठेवाली)
Gangubai Kothewali (गंगूबाई कोठेवाली), born Ganga Harjeevandas Kathiawadi (1907–1977), was a Mumbai brothel madam and sex workers' rights figure in Kamathipura, later depicted in Bhansali's 2022 film Gangubai Kathiawadi.
Ganguly family
The Ganguly family is a Bengali-origin Indian film family of actors Ashok Kumar and Anoop Kumar and singer-actor Kishore Kumar, who shaped Hindi cinema from the 1930s onward.
Ganguro (ガングロ)
Ganguro (ガングロ) is a Japanese gyaru substyle that emerged in Shibuya around 1998 and peaked 1998–2000, marked by extreme artificial tans, lightened hair, white "panda" eye and mouth makeup, and platform boots; it gave way to gonguro and yamanba and survives only in small revival scenes such as Black Diamond.
Gangwe Mobb
Gangwe Mobb is a Tanzanian hip-hop duo from Temeke, Dar es Salaam, made up of Inspector Haroun and Luteni Kalama, known for the 1996 hit "Mauzauza".
Gangwon Eco-Peace Biosphere Reserve
Gangwon Eco-Peace Biosphere Reserve (강원생태평화 생물권보전지역), a UNESCO MAB biosphere reserve designated 19 June 2019, covering 182,815 ha across Cheorwon, Hwacheon, Yanggu, Inje, and Goseong counties in the DMZ-adjacent Civilian Control Zone of Gangwon Province, South Korea.
Gangwon-do
Kang-do (강원도), also known as the Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province (강원특별자치도) or Gangwon State, is a largely mountainous province on the east-central Korean peninsula with its capital in Chuncheon.
Gangyi
Gangyi (刚毅, courtesy name Ziliang) was a Manchu Plain Blue Banner official who rose from clerk to Grand Councilor and died in 1900 during the court's flight to Xi'an.
Gangyō Rebellion
The Gangyō Rebellion (元慶の乱) was an 878 uprising of the Emishi and fushū in Dewa Province, northern Honshu, in which rebels burned Akita Castle and the court ended the revolt through clemency.
Gaṇikā (गणिका)
Gaṇikā (गणिका), the elite courtesan of ancient India, also called nagarvadhu; trained in the 64 classical arts, financially independent, celebrated as the city's ornament, later reduced to court courtesans.
Ganiki Planitia
Ganiki Planitia, a 5,160-km-wide plain on Venus centered at 40°N 202°E, IAU-named in 1985 for an Orochian Siberian water spirit; namesakes the V-14 quadrangle and Ganiki Chasma, a possible site of active volcanism.
Ganirelix
Ganirelix (Antagon, FYREMADEL) is a synthetic decapeptide GnRH antagonist, 250 mcg subcutaneous daily, FDA-approved July 29, 1999 as the first GnRH antagonist, to prevent premature LH surges during controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in IVF.
Ganis Chasma
Ganis Chasma, a 3,700-km rift zone (chasma) on Venus at 18N 189E in Atla Regio, named for a Western Lapp forest maiden; evidence suggests recent rifting and volcanism.
Ganitumab
Ganitumab (AMG 479) is Amgen's fully human IgG1 monoclonal antibody against IGF-1R, binding the L2 domain to block IGF-1 and IGF-2. Its phase 3 pancreatic cancer trial stopped for futility; the drug was discontinued.
Ganj Nameh
Ganj Nameh (گنجنامه, Gandj Nameh, Ganjnameh), "treasure book": two trilingual Achaemenid cuneiform inscriptions of Darius I and Xerxes I carved on Mount Alvand about 12 km southwest of Hamadan, Iran, along the Royal Road.
Ganja
Ganja: Hindi/Sanskrit term for cannabis, specifically dried female flower tops; brought to Jamaica by Indian indentured laborers in 1845, sacred to Rastafari, decriminalized there in 2015.
Ganja & Hess
Ganja & Hess (1973) is Bill Gunn's independent Black vampire film starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark, made for $350,000 as a Blaxploitation commission, recut as Blood Couple, and later restored via MoMA as a classic.
Ganja Karuppu
Ganja Karuppu (கஞ்சா கருப்பு), born 1976, birth name Karuppu Raja, is a Tamil comedy actor who debuted in Pithamagan (2003), broke through as Vaazhavandhan in Raam, played Douglas in Paruthiveeran, and produced Velmurugan Borewells.
Ganja Khanate
The Ganja Khanate was an 18th-century khanate in the South Caucasus, ruled by the Ziyadoghlu Qajars from 1747 until Russia stormed Ganja in 1804, killing the last khan, Javad Khan.
Ganja, Azerbaijan
Ganja (Gəncə), western Azerbaijan city on the Ganja Čāy river; historically Elisavetpol and Kirovabad; medieval capital of Arrān, home of poet Nizami Ganjavi; population about 330,700 in 2024.
Ganjām
Ganjām (ଗଞ୍ଜାମ) is a coastal district of southern Odisha, India, formed 1 April 1936 from Madras Presidency territory; headquarters Chhatrapur, area 8,070.60 sq km, population 3,529,094, Rushikulya river, Gopalpur port.
Ganjiang Lingzhu Decoction
甘姜苓术汤 (Ganjiang Lingzhu Decoction, 肾着汤), a four-herb formula from Zhang Zhongjing's Jingui Yaolüe for cold-damp kidney strain with lumbar pain; licorice, Atractylodes, dried ginger, Poria.
Ganjin statue
The Ganjin statue (鑑真和上坐像) is an 8th-century dry lacquer sculpture of the monk Jianzhen at Tōshōdaiji in Nara, Japan's oldest portrait sculpture and a National Treasure.
Gank Your Heart (陪你到世界之巅)
Gank Your Heart (陪你到世界之巅, also 电竞恋人) is a 2019 Chinese esports romance drama adapted from Nan Yelin'er's novel, directed by Sha Weiqi, starring Wang Yibo and Wang Zixuan, 35 episodes on Mango TV, June 9 to July 9, 2019.
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (巌窟王)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (巌窟王) is a 24-episode Japanese science fiction anime from studio GONZO, broadcast from 2004 to 2005, that retells Alexandre Dumas's revenge novel in a far-future Paris.
Ganlu Yin
甘露饮 (Ganlu Yin, Sweet Dew Decoction), a ten-herb classical Chinese formula from the Song dynasty Taiping Huimin Hejiju Fang, nourishes yin and clears damp-heat for mouth sores, gum swelling, sore throat, and jaundice; distinct from Ganlu Xiaodu Dan.
Gannan Zangzu Zizhizhou
Gannan Zangzu Zizhizhou, formally the Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and known in Tibetan as Kanlho, is a Tibetan autonomous prefecture in southwestern Gansu Province, China.
Gannet
Gannets (Morus) are large plunge-diving seabirds of Sulidae, distinct from boobies (Sula). Three species: Northern (North Atlantic), Cape (Vulnerable, southern Africa), Australasian; one-egg clutches, colonies, up to 2 m wingspan.
Gannett
Gannett, renamed USA TODAY Co., Inc. in 2025, is America's largest newspaper publisher, founded by Frank E. Gannett in 1906, publisher of USA TODAY since 1982, merged with GateHouse in 2019, rebranded with NYSE ticker TDAY.
Gannett Peak (mountain, United States)
Gannett Peak, Wyoming's state highpoint at 13,804 ft (LiDAR 13,811 ft), is a glaciated Wind River Range summit on the Continental Divide requiring a 20-plus-mile wilderness approach and glacier travel.
Gannibal (ガンニバル)
Gannibal (ガンニバル) is a Disney+ Japanese village psycho-thriller drama adapted from Masaaki Ninomiya's manga, starring Yuya Yagira as officer Daigo Agawa in the cannibalism-haunted village of Kuge; two seasons, 15 episodes, 2022–2025.