Gaddesby(Settlement)English From Old Norse gaddr "spike, spur" and býr "farm, settlement". This is the name of a small town in Leicestershire, England.
Galacia(Region)Spanish Spanish form of Galatia, referring to the region in Anatolia.
Galatia(Region & Political Subdivision)Ancient Greek, Ancient Roman, English From the Greek word for the Gaulish people Γαλάτης (Galates), probably a cognate of Latin Gallus (see Gallia). This was the Greek name for the region of Gaul. It was also used to refer to a region in Anatolia (modern Turkey) where Gauls settled in the 3rd century BC.... [more]
Galicia 1(Region)Galician, Spanish, English From Latin Gallaecia, named for the Celtic tribe of the Gallaeci, of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a former kingdom in Iberia, now an autonomous region in northwestern Spain. In Galician it is called both Galicia and Galiza.
Galicia 2(Region)English, Late Roman From the name of the Ukrainian city of Halych. This is the name of a region in southern Poland and western Ukraine. It was historically a principality within Kievan Rus and later an independent kingdom, before being annexed by Poland in the 14th century.
Galilee(Region)English, Biblical From Hebrew גָּלִיל (Galil) meaning "district, roll". This is a region in northern Israel, mentioned in the Old and New Testament.
Gallia(Region, Political Subdivision & Country)Ancient Roman, Italian, Greek Latin name for the historical region of Gaul. It is derived from the Latin ethnic word Gallus, referring to the Gauls (Celts of continental Europe), probably ultimately derived from the Celtic root *galn- "be able".... [more]
Gallien(Region)German German form of Gallia, referring to the historical region of Gaul.
Gary(Settlement)English City in Indiana that was named after businessman Elbert Henry Gary (1846-1927), the founder of U.S. Steel.
Gaul(Region)English From French Gaule, the name of a historical region that was situated approximately in the area of modern France. In the Roman era it was called Gallia, which may be the origin of Gaule, though the evolution of the word would be irregular. It is more likely derived from Frankish walh meaning "foreigner, Celt".
Genoa(Settlement)English From Latin Genua, probably derived from genu meaning "knee". This is the name of a port city in northwestern Italy. It is called Genova in Italian.
Georgia 1(Country)English, Italian, Spanish, Norwegian, Finnish, Greek, Late Roman Possibly of Persian origin, maybe from Middle Persian gurg meaning "wolf". In Europe the name was long explained as derived from the given name George. This is the name of a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. It is called Sakartvelo in Georgian.
Germany(Country)English From Latin Germania, first attested in the writings of Julius Caesar, used to refer to the areas east of the Rhine and north of the Danube. The origin of the term is uncertain. This is an English exonym corresponding to German Deutschland.
Gethsemane(Region)Biblical From Γεθσημανί (Gethsemani), the Greek form of an Aramaic place name meaning "oil press". In the New Testament this is the name of the garden where Jesus was arrested, located on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem.
Ghana(Country)English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Arabic, Indonesian, Malay From the name of the Ghana Empire, which was located in the southwestern Sahara and existed up to the 13th century. Ghana, meaning "warrior" in Mande, was actually the title of the rulers, while the empire itself was more properly known as Awkar. In 1957 this was adopted as the name of the newly independent country of Ghana, formerly the British colony Gold Coast, despite the fact that the country lies outside the empire's territory.
Gihon(River)Biblical From Hebrew גִּיחוֹן (Giḥon), derived from גִּיחַ (giyaḥ) meaning "to burst forth". According to the Old Testament, this was the name of a river that originated in the Garden of Eden.
Gilead(Region)Biblical Means "heap of witness" in Hebrew. This is the name of a mountainous region east of the Jordan River, as mentioned in the Old Testament.
Giudea(Region & Political Subdivision)Italian Italian form of Iudaea (see Judea).
Glyme(River)English Means "bright stream" in Brythonic. This is the name of a river in Oxfordshire, England.
Glympton(Settlement)English Derived from the name of the river Glyme and Old English tun "enclosure, yard, town". This is the name of small town in Oxfordshire, England.
Gorjestan(Country)Persian From Persian گرج (Gorj) meaning "Georgia (country)" combined with the suffix ستان (stān) meaning "land of". This is the modern Persian name for the country of Georgia.
Górka(Settlement)Polish From Polish góra meaning "mountain". This is the name of various towns in Poland.
Goryeo(Region)Korean Possibly means "walled city" or "center" in Korean. This was the name of a kingdom that ruled most of the Korean Peninsula. The name Korea is based on it.
Gotham(Settlement)English, Popular Culture From Old English gat "goat" and ham "home". This is the name of a town in Nottinghamshire, famous for folk tales about its inhabitants pretending to be imbeciles in order to avoid a visit from the king. Based on this tale, writer Washington Irving applied the name to New York City in his satirical periodical Salmagundi (1807). Subsequently, Gotham or Gotham City was used as the setting of the Batman comics, starting 1940.
Grainville(Settlement)French Means "Guarin's town" in Old French. This is the name of various towns in Normandy.
Grantham(Settlement)English From Old English grand meaning "gravel" and ham meaning "home, estate, settlement". This is the name of a town in Lincolnshire.
Greece(Country)English English form of Latin Graecia, the name used by the Romans for the land of the Greeks, derived from Greek Γραικός (Graikos), which is of uncertain origin. It is possibly derived from the city of Graia in Boeotia.
Griechenland(Country)German From German Grieche "Greek" and Land. This is the German name for Greece.
Griekenland(Country)Dutch From Dutch Griek "Greek" and land. This is the Dutch name for Greece.
Guinea(Region, Country & Island)English, Italian, Spanish, German From Portuguese Guiné, which is of unknown meaning, possibly of Berber origin. This name was used by the Portuguese to refer to a portion of West Africa. It was also applied by westerners to the island of New Guinea starting in the 16th century. It is now the name or part of the full name of the countries of Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea and Papua New Guinea.