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G.

 
1. German.
2. gourde; gourdes.
3. (specific) gravity.
4. Gulf.
Language Translation for : G.
Spanish: monte, montaña, German: Mt, Japanese: …山
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g.

 
1. gauge.
2. gender.
3. general.
4. generally.
5. genitive.
6. going back to.
7. gold.
8. grain; grains.
9. gram; grams.
10. Football. guard.
11. British. guinea.
12. gun.
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G.  
abbr.   gulf
guin·ea     (gĭn'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. g.
    1. A gold coin issued in England from 1663 to 1813 and worth one pound and one shilling.
    2. The sum of one pound and one shilling.
  2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a person of Italian birth or descent.

[After the Guinea coast of Africa, the source of the gold from which it was first made.]
gulf     (gŭlf)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Abbr. G. A large area of a sea or ocean partially enclosed by land, especially a long landlocked portion of sea opening through a strait.
  2. A deep, wide chasm; an abyss.
  3. A wide gap, as in understanding: "the gulf between the Victorian sensibility and our own" (Babette Deutsch).
  4. Something, such as a whirlpool, that draws down or engulfs.
tr.v.   gulfed, gulf·ing, gulfs
To engulf.

[Middle English goulf, from Old French golfe, from Old Italian golfo, from Late Latin colpus, colfus, from Greek kolpos, bosom, gulf.]
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g.
  1. gender
  2. gourde
  3. guilder
  4. guinea

G.
gulf

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