Giant

Giant

Giant or Giants may refer to:

*Giant (mythology), especially tall mythological creatures or monsters
*Giant (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of creature in the "Dungeons & Dragons" role playing game
*A person with gigantism, or a human who is unusually tall
*Giant's Causeway, an UNESCO World Heritage Site which is an volcanic landscapeIn business:
*Giant Manufacturing, a bicycle manufacturer
*Giant Food, two distinct supermarket chains in the Mid-Atlantic part of the United States
*GIANT Company Software, an internet security software developer
*Giant Hypermarket, hypermarket chain in Malaysia, Singapore, India and Indonesia

In entertainment and media:
*"Giant" (film), a 1956 film directed by George Stevens
*"", a computer game
*Giant (band), an American hair metal band
*Giant (sludge band), Sludge metal band from North Carolina.
*"The Giant", a song by Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers
*"Giant" (magazine), a bi-monthly men's magazine
*André the Giant, an actor and French professional wrestler
*Paul Wight, an American professional wrestler who used the name The Giant in WCW
*Giant Records (Warner Bros. subsidiary label), a record label
*Giant Records (independent label), a record label
*"The Giants", see List of unmade Doctor Who serials and films

In sports:
*San Francisco Giants (formerly New York Giants), National League baseball team
*New York Giants, NFL American football team
*San Jose Giants, a minor league baseball team
*Arizona League Giants (AZL Giants), a minor league baseball team
*Belfast Giants, an EIHL ice hockey team
*Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, Australian rugby league team
*Huddersfield Giants, a rugby league team competing in Super League
*Lotte Giants, a South Korean professional baseball team
*Vancouver Giants, a WHL hockey team
*Delhi Giants, a cricket team in the unofficial Indian Cricket League
*Yomiuri Giants, a Japanese professional baseball team

Other:
*Giant animal (mythology), giant animals of mythology
*Giant star, a star that is 10 to 100 times as big as our sun
*Giantism, medical condition causing tall height in humans

:"See also: Gigante"


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  • Giant — Manufacturing Co. Ltd. Тип Публичная компания Год основания 1972 Расположение …   Википедия

  • Giant — Gi ant, a. Like a giant; extraordinary in size, strength, or power; as, giant brothers; a giant son. [1913 Webster] {Giant cell}. (Anat.) See {Myeloplax}. {Giant clam} (Zo[ o]l.), a bivalve shell of the genus {Tridacna}, esp. {T. gigas}, which… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Giant — (englisch für Gigant) bezeichnet unter anderem: den Originaltitel des Filmes Giganten eine Rockband, siehe Giant (Band) einen taiwanischen Fahrradhersteller, siehe Giant (Fahrradhersteller) einen Damm, siehe Giant’s Causeway eine Mine, siehe… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Giant — también puede referirse al luchador profesional Paul Wight, conocido también como Big Show. La bicicleta que utilizó Alexander Vinokourov en el Tour de Francia 2005. Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd. es una compañía dedicada a la elaboración de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • giant — gi‧ant [ˈdʒaɪənt] noun [countable] ORGANIZATIONS a very large, successful company: • The world s soft drinks market is dominated by the US giants, Pepsi and Coke. • ICI, the chemicals giant, paid $193 million to buy an American explosives… …   Financial and business terms

  • Giant — Gi ant, n. [OE. giant, geant, geaunt, OF. jaiant, geant, F. g[ e]ant, L. gigas, fr. Gr. ?, ?, from the root of E. gender, genesis. See {Gender}, and cf. {Gigantic}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A man of extraordinari bulk and stature. [1913 Webster] Giants …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • giant — [jī′ənt] n. [ME geant < NormFr gaiant (OFr jaiant) < VL * gagante < L gigas (pl. gigantes), huge fabled beings (in Vulg., giant) < Gr gigas (gen. gigantos), in LXX, a man of great size and strength] 1. Gr. Myth. any of a race of huge… …   English World dictionary

  • giant — c.1300, from O.Fr. geant, earlier jaiant (12c.), from V.L. *gagantem (nom. gagas), from L. gigas giant, from Gk. gigas (gen. gigantos), one of a race of savage beings, sons of Gaia and Uranus, eventually destroyed by the gods, probably from a pre …   Etymology dictionary

  • giant — [adj] very large big, blimp*, brobdingnagian*, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine*, enormous, gargantuan, gigantic, gross*, Herculean*, huge, hulking, humongous*, immense, jumbo*, mammoth, monstrous*, mountainous, prodigious, super duper*, titanic …   New thesaurus

  • giant — index prodigious (enormous) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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