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G.rev
G.rev (or G.revolution) is a Japanese arcade videogame developer. The company was founded by former Taito employees who had worked on G-Darius, hence its name. G.Rev's first release was a puzzle game, Doki Doki Idol Starseeker, but they are better known for the critically acclaimed shoot 'em ups ..

G. Reeves Project
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Göreme
Göreme, located among the "fairy chimneys" rock formations, is a town in Cappadocia, a historical region of Turkey. It is in the Nevsehir Province (spelled Nevşehir in Turkish) in Central Anatolia. The Göreme National Park (Göreme Milli Parklar in Turkish) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage ..

GRE
GRE may mean: Graduate Record Examination – a standardized test created and administered by the Educational Testing ServiceGeneric Routing Encapsulation – a tunneling protocol designed for encapsulationGecko Runtime Engine used by Mozilla web browsersGrand River Enterprisesthe IOC count..

Gre'Thor
In the fictional Star Trek universe, Gre'Thor (in Klingon, ghe'tor or ghe''or) is the Klingon afterlife where the dishonored go when they die. It is the Klingon equivalent of hell and is guarded by a fearsome demon, Fek'lhr (roughly pronounced "Fek-Lar"; in Klingon, veqlargh). Those unfortun..

Gre-Nal
Gre-Nal stands for every match opposing the two main forces of southern Brazilian soccer, "Grêmio" versus "Internacional", two highly successful football clubs based in the same city – Porto Alegre, the capital of the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Grêmio was Intercontinental Champion, two..

Gre-No-Li
Gre-No-Li is a contraction of the names of three Swedish footballers: Gunnar Gren, Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm. These players were a formidable trio of strikers who played for Sweden and AC Milan in the 1950s. They led Sweden to the Olympic gold at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Their mo..

Greame Carey
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Greasbrough
redirect [[Template:Infobox England place]] Greasbrough is a township forming part of the Metropolitan Borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, but in the historic West Riding of Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Greasbrough township has 2,038 inhabitants and 2,270 acres of land belonging to Earl FitzWillia..

Greasby
Greasby is a village in the Wirral, England. It has a population of about 15000 and dates back (at least) to Roman times. It has four primary schools, (namely Greasby Infant School, Greasby Junior School, Our Lady of Pity Primary School and Brookdale Primary School), three churches, (St. Nicholas' C..

Grease
Grease may refer to: Grease (musical), a musical playGrease (film), 1978 film made from the musical* Grease 2, the 1982 film sequelGrease (lubricant), a type of industrial lubricant* by extension a euphemism for bribes, as in grease someone's palmYellow grease, in rendering, used frying oils, or ..

Grease: The Original London Cast Recording
Grease: The Original London Cast Recording is the soundtrack of the London West End stage production of Grease from 1993. The leading roles were played by Craig McLachlan and Debbie Gibson. ..

Greaseball
A derogatory, slang term used to describe an Italian or Italian-American. Similar to guinea, goombah, guido, wop, or dago. ..

Greasecar
A greasecar is an automobile that has been converted to run on straight vegetable oil (SVO) by installing a coolant-heated auxiliary fuel tank. The vehicle heats up the vegetable oil while burning diesel from the original fuel tank. After about five minutes when the vegetable oil has reached a h..

Greased
Greased is an EP by Less Than Jake featuring songs from the movie Grease like Summer Nights, You're The One That I Want and Greased Lightning. Greased has been released twice - the first release was discontinued to avoid a lawsuit with Paramount Pictures (who own the rights to the film), and the se..

Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning is a 1977 biographical film, starring Richard Pryor, Beau Bridges and Pam Grier, and directed by Michael Schultz. Greased Lightning is a film loosely based on the true life story of Wendell Scott, the first African American stock car racing champion in America. Contents 1 ..

Greased Lightnin’
Greased Lightnin’ is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo, California. This coaster is currently not in use. It was purchased from Paramount’s Great America in 2002 and taken to Marine World where it remained in storage until the 2005-06 off season when parts ..

Greasel (Deus Ex)
The Greasel is a fictional creature that exists only in the computer games Deus Ex and its sequel [[Deus Ex: Invisible War]]. The Greasel from the original Deus Ex resembles a large green flightless bird though on closer inspection it is more reptilian than avian. Its clawed wings are useless for fl..

Greasemonger
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Greasemonkey
For the slang term referring to mechanics see Grease monkey Screenshot of the BookBurro user script running in Greasemonkey. BookBurro alters an amazon.com page to show the prices of the same book offered by competing retailers. Greasemonkey is a Mozilla Firefox extension that allows users ..

Greasepole
The "Greasepole" refers to the Queen's University Faculty of Applied Science student orientation ceremony, held every September during Frosh Week, and also a character in the comedy horror musical Restart by the Komedy Kollective. The origins of the university initiation ceremony have to do with ..

Greaser
Greaser is: a derogatory term for a Mexican, originating in the western United States in the mid-19th century, see Greaser (derogatory)Greaser (1950s) is an American English slang term from the 1950s for a youth whose hair was combed back with various oils, "greased" back, and who was usually, altho..

Greaser (1950s)
Greaser is an American English slang term from the 1950s for a youth whose hair was combed back with various oils, "greased" back, and who was usually, although not always, associated with a street gang. Greasers were a subculture originating as a style among white eastern US street gangs. The s..

Greaser (derogatory)
Greaser was a derogatory term for a Mexican in what is now the US Southwest in the 19th century. It most likely derived from one of the lowliest occupations typically held by Mexicans in what is now the US Southwest, the greasing of the axles of mule carts. It was a common usage among US troops dur..

Greaser Act
The Greaser Act was an anti-Mexican law enacted in 1855 in California, thinly disguised as an anti-vagrancy statute. The law defined a vagrant as "all persons who are commonly known as 'Greasers' or the issue of Spanish and Indian blood... and who go armed and are not peaceable and quiet persons." T..

Greasewood
Greasewood (Sarcobatus) is a genus of one or two species of flowering plants. Traditionally it has been treated in the family Chenopodiaceae, but the APG II system, of 2003, places it in the family Sarcobataceae. The plants are deciduous shrubs growing to 0.5-3 m tall with spiny branches and suc..

Greasewood, Arizona
Greasewood (Navajo: Díwózhii Biiʼ Tó) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. The population was 581 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 Education4 External links Geography Greasewood is located at [35°31′..

Grease (film)
Grease (1978) is the name of a film directed by Randal Kleiser and based on Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey's musical, Grease. The film stars John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Jeff Conaway and Stockard Channing. It was originally released to theatres on June 16, 1978. It was released on VHS on June 23..

Grease (lubricant)
Grease is a lubricant of higher initial viscosity than oil, consisting originally of a calcium, sodium or lithium soap jelly emulsified with mineral oil. Contents 1 Properties of grease2 Uses for grease3 Grease additives4 Other greases5 External links6 See also Prop..

Grease (musical)
1994 Broadway Revival Cast Recording album cover Grease is a popular musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. A very successful film version was made in 1978 starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. The musical is based around some of the subcultures of 1950s High school America, inclu..

Grease 2
Grease 2 was the 1982 sequel to 1978's smash hit movie Grease. The movie was strongly criticized by many as derivative of the original, and the film did poorly at the box office. In recent years, it has surfaced on cable TV channels such as VH1, which has shown it on their show Movies That Rock, an..

Grease gun
Grease gun can mean: Grease gun (tool), a common workshop tool used for lubricationM3 Grease Gun, common nickname of the M3 .45 Submachine GunThis is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to..

Grease gun (tool)
A Grease gun (pneumatic) A grease gun is a common workshop and garage tool used for lubrication. The purpose of the grease gun is to apply lubricant through an aperture to a specific point, usually on a grease nipple. The channels behind the grease nipple lead to where the lubrication is neede..

Grease monkey
For the Mozilla Firefox plugin see Greasemonkey Grease monkey is a slang term used to describe a mechanic, generally an automobile mechanic, and dates back to at least 1928. The term may be considered insulting. References "Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume 1, A-G" by ..

Greasy, Oklahoma
Greasy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Adair County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census. Geography Greasy is located at [35°40′41″N, 94°43′16″W] (35.678115, -94.721152)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States ..

Greasypalm
Greasypalm is a UK reward website and one of the most successful of this type of business on the web. Referral policy Like many reward websites greasypalm operate a referral policy to create membership growth. Greasypalm is able to offer this incentive because it witholds roughly half of the mo..

Greasy Greasy.....Goats!
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Greasy Kid Stuff
Greasy Kid Stuff is a U.S. radio show on Saturday mornings from 9 - 11 a.m. (EST) on WFMU FM out of Hoboken, New Jersey. External links [Greasy Kid Stuff website] ..

Greasy rider
Greasy Rider is a documentary film being produced and directed by Joey Carey and JJ Beck. The film looks at the implications of vegetable oil as an alternative fuel in a time of decreased production of petroleum and increased demand for petroleum. The filmmakers traveled the USA in a 1981 diesel M..

Greasy spoon
The Regency Cafe in Pimlico, London, is a well preserved 1950s "greasy spoon" cafe. Greasy spoon is a colloquial term used in Britain and North America for archetypal working class eateries. In the UK, these are generally technically called cafés (in England often abbreviated to "caff" or ..

Greasy watermelon
Greasy Watermelon, or simply Watermelon, is a swimming pool game similar to soccer. It works well because the high water content of a watermelon causes it to exhibit neutral buoyancy. Contents 1 Objective2 Playing area3 Setup4 Dropping the watermelon5 Gameplay6 Endi..

Great
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Great may mean: Large in sizeGreatness - the state or status of something as being large, and therefore by implication powerful, majestic, trancendent, or divine. Gang Resistance Education and Training, "GREAT"GReAT Graph Rewriting..

GReAT
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Great-circle distance
The great-circle distance is the shortest distance between any two points on the surface of a sphere measured along a path on the surface of the sphere (as opposed to going through the sphere's interior). Because spherical geometry is rather different from ordinary Euclidean geometry, the equations ..

Great-circle navigation
Great-circle navigation is the practice of navigating a vessel (such as a ship or aircraft) along a track that follows a great circle. A great circle track is the shortest distance between two points on the surface of the earth. Contents 1 Methods1.1 Gnomonic chart1.2 ..

Great-tailed Grackle
The Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) is a large icterid blackbird , also referred to simply as "blackbird", and occasionally "crow" or "jackdaw", though it is not a member of the Corvidae. Similarly, it is often called "cuervo" in areas of Mexico where there are no true crows. Its habi..

Great-West Lifeco
The Great-West Life Assurance Company (known more commonly as Great-West Life) is a life and health insurance company. Its headquarters is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and its CEO is Raymond L. McFeetors. History and Ownership Great-West Life was founded in 1891 in Winnipeg. Great-West Li..

Great-West Life Assurance
The Great-West Life Assurance Company (known more commonly Great-West Life) is a life and health insurance company. Its headquarters is located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and its CEO is Raymond L. McFeetors. History and Ownership Great-West Life was founded in 1891 in Winnipeg. Great-West Life ..

Greatbatch
Greatbatch, a surname, may refer to: Mark Greatbatch, a cricketer from New ZealandWilson Greatbatch, an inventorBruce Greatbatch, a British colonial official This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page..

Greater Accra Region
Greater Accra Region Location Statistics Regional Minister Sheikh I. C. Quaye (NPP) Capital Accra Area 3,245 km²Ranked 10th Population 2000 Census 1984 Census Ranked 2nd 2,905,726 1,431,099 Districts 6 [[ISO 3166-2:GH|ISO 3166-2]] GH-AA The Greater Accra Region is one of Ghana's..

Greater Adana
Greater Adana refers to the immediate city and centre of the Adana, Turkey and hence operates as a municipality and administrative area. It may be used in contrast to Outer Adana Area. ..

Greater Adjutant
The Greater Adjutant, Leptoptilos dubius, is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It formerly bred in southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka east to Borneo, but is now restricted to two separate small breeding populations; in Assam and Cambodia. In winter, this species migrates so..

Greater administrative area
Greater administrative areas (大行政区 Pinyin: Dàxíngzhèngqū) were early top-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China that directly governed provinces and municipalities. These were the largest-ever political divisions of China and were controlled by the Central Peopl..

Greater alar cartilage
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Greater Albania
The four Ottoman vilayets with Albanian majority in the late 19th century The term Greater Albania or Great Albania is a political movement through recent history to unite all ethnic Albanians into one entity. Its equivalent in Albanian - Shqipëria e Madhe - is rarely used, usually in tran..

Greater Albany Public School District 8J
Education in Albany, Oregon, USA is coordinated by Greater Albany Public School District 8J (GAPS 8J). Established in 1979 and encompassing a 154 square mile (399 km²) area, this educational district aims to educate the children of Albany from grades K through 12. Nearly nine-tenths of educato..

Greater and Lesser Tunbs
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Greater Ani
The Greater Ani, Crotophaga major, is a large near-passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a breeding species from Panama and Trinidad through tropical South America to northern Argentina. This ani is found in mangrove swamps, semi-open woodland near water, and the edges of forests. It is a..

Greater Ankara
Greater Ankara refers to the immediate city and centre of the Ankara, Turkey and hence operates as a municipality and administrative area. It has a population of 2,715,000. It may be used in contrast to Outer Ankara. ..

Greater Antalya
Greater Antalya refers to the immediate city and centre of the Antalya, Turkey and hence operates as a municipality and administrative area. It has a population of roughly one million. It may be used in contrast to Outer Antalya. ..

Greater Antilles
The islands of the Caribbean Sea, collectively known as the West Indies are sorted by size and location into the Bahamas, the Lesser Antilles and the Greater Antilles. The Greater Antilles are Cuba, Jamaica, the island of Hispaniola (composed of Haiti on the west side and the Dominican Republic on t..

Greater Argonaut
The Greater Argonaut (Argonauta argo) is a species of the genus Argonauta, which is a kind of octopus and not a nautilus as its name implies. The female of the species, like all argonauts, creates a paper-thin eggsack that coils around the octopus much like the way a nautilus lives in its shell...

Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority
The Greater Attleboro Taunton Regional Transit Authority (GATRA) is a privately-owned bus company providing regional bus service in southeastern Massachusetts to the Greater Taunton Area, Greater Attleboro Area, and beyond. The company is based at the Bloom Bus Terminal in Taunton. It operates daily..

Greater auricular nerve
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Greater Bamboo Lemur
The Greater Bamboo Lemur (Prolemur simus) is a large, greyish brown lemur with white ear tufts. It feeds almost exclusively on Giant Bamboo, preferring the shoots but also eating the pith and leaves. Its only confirmed predator is the Fossa, but raptors are also suspected. Its range is only southe..

Greater Belfast
Greater Belfast (also known as the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area) is an area surrounding and including Belfast in Northern Ireland. It generally is taken to include North Down, Lisburn, Castlereagh and parts of South Antrim. Population 2001 - 579,276 (Census)2005 - 647,120 (Estimate)2006 - 662..

Greater big-footed mouse
The Greater big-footed mouse (Macrotarsomys ingens) is a nocturnal rodent found only on Madagascar. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss. References Baillie (1996). [Macrotarsomys ingens]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 1..

Greater Bilby
The Greater Bilby (Macrotis lagotis) is the largest of the bandicoots: at 1 to 2.4 kg the male is about the same size as a rabbit. Although male animals in good condition have been known to reach up to 3.7 kg in captivity. The female is smaller, around 0.8 to 1.1 kg. The Greater Bilby has an excel..

Greater Binghamton
Greater Binghamton is the regional name given to the area of Broome County, New York and the surrounding area. The Greater Binghamton name was adopted in the early 21st century to better identify the region with its most well-known city. Historically the Greater Binghamton region has been known as..

Greater Binghamton Airport
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Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil
Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil (Lotus pedunculatus) is a flowering plant of the legume family, Fabaceae. related to Lotus corniculatus ..

Greater Bird of Paradise
The Greater Bird of Paradise is a large maroon brown bird with yellow crown, dark emerald green throat and blackish brown breast cushion. Adorned with large yellow ornamental flank plumes and a pair of long tail wires. Female has unbarred maroon brown plumage. Carolus Linnaeus named this species P..

Greater Birmingham
Greater Birmingham can be one of two areas: In the UK is an informal term referring to a portion of the West Midlands metropolitan county, including Birmingham and the area surrounding it. In the USA it is The Birmingham-Hoover-Cullman Metropolitan Area This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation&..

Greater Blackpool
Greater Blackpool is an informal name for the urban area surrounding Blackpool in Lancashire, England. The ONS define a Blackpool Urban Area, with a population of 261,088 (2001 census), down 0.1% from the 1991 figure of 261,355. It includes the following places: BlackpoolFleetwoodLytham St Anne..

Greater Blue-ringed Octopus
The Greater Blue-ringed Octopus (Hapalochlaena lunulata) is one of 3 (or perhaps 4) species of blue-ringed octopuses. Unlike its southern brethren, the Blue-lined and Southern Blue-ringed octopuses, the Greater Blue-ringed Octopus is found throughout the tropic western pacific ocean rather than so..

Greater Blue Mountains Area
The Greater Blue Mountains Area is a World Heritage Site in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, Australia. It was inscribed on the World Heritage List at the 24th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Cairns from 27 November to 2 December 2000. It is an area of breathtaking views, rug..

Greater Boston
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy Common name: Greater Boston Largest cityOther cities Boston - Cambridge - Quincy Population Ranked 11th in the U.S. - Total | 4,424,649 (2004 est.) - Density | 947 /sq. mi. 366 /km² Area 4,674 sq. mi.12,105..

Greater Boston Track Club
The Greater Boston Track Club (usually abbreviated GBTC), a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1973 in Boston, Massachusetts to provide coaching for runners looking to remain competitive beyond their collegiate running careers. During the past 30 years, the club has provided coaching and suppor..

Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras
The GBYSO Repertory Orchestra performing in Jordan Hall at the New England Conservatory of Music, in the spring of 2005. Contents 1 Overview2 History3 Orchestras3.1 Senior Orchestra3.2 Repertory Orchestra3.3 Junior Repertory Orchestra3.4 Premier String Orc..

Greater Bristol
Greater Bristol is the conurbation surrounding the city of Bristol in the South West of England. The area within the city limits had a population of 380,615 according to the 2001 census, but the ONS give a figure for the Bristol Urban Area of 551,066, making it the ninth largest conurbation in En..

Greater Britain Movement
The Greater Britain Movement was a political group formed by John Tyndall in 1964 after he split from Colin Jordan's National Socialist Movement. The split was caused by the marriage of Jordan to Françoise Dior who was originally Tyndall's fiancée. She married Jordan while Tyndall was in prison t..

Greater Buckeye Conference
The Greater Buckeye Conference is a high school athletic conference with six members, all located in a large area of northern and northwest Ohio. It is affiliated with the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The six member high schools are Findlay Trojans, Fremont Ross Little Giants, Lima Senio..

Greater Budapest
Greater Budapest is the name of Budapest in its present, extended size, as it was accepted on December 15, 1949 and it came into force on January 1, 1950. By attaching 7 cities and 16 towns to the former Budapest, its area enlarged from 207 km² to 525 km² (154%), the number of its inhabitants incr..

Greater Buenos Aires
Partidos of the Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires (Spanish: Gran Buenos Aires) is the metropolitan area of the city of Buenos Aires, which consists of the Federal Capital and the following 24 partidos (administrative subdivisions) of the Province of Buenos Aires: Almirante Brown (citi..

Greater Bulldog Bat
The Greater Bulldog Bat or Fisherman Bat (Noctilio leporinus) is a type of fishing bat native to South America. The bats use echolocation to detect water ripples made by the fish upon which they prey, then use sharp claws to catch and cling to the fish. References Chiroptera Specialist Group (199..

Greater burdock
Greater burdock (Arctium lappa) is a biannual plant of the Asteraceae family, cultivated in gardens for its root used as a vegetable. Contents 1 Description2 Origin and distribution3 Cultivation4 Usage Description The plant is rather high, reaching as much as 2 metres. ..

Greater Cane Rat
The Greater Cane Rat (Thryonomys swinderianus) is a close relative of porcupines and guinea pigs that inhabits Africa, south of the Saharan Desert. The cane rat lives by reedbeds and riverbanks. As humans move into such territories, the cane rats accepted plantations and cultivated areas. Cane rats..

Greater Carrollwood, Florida
Greater Carrollwood is a census-designated place and an unincorporated census area located in northwestern Hillsborough County, Florida. The population was 33,519 at the 2000 census. The census area includes separate communities of Carrollwood, Carrollwood Village, and many other planned development..

Greater Catholic League
The Greater Catholic league (abb. GCL) is a high school sports league for catholic schools in and around the Cincinnati, Ohio iarea. The league is a member of the OHSAA. The GCL only includes the boys teams from the member school, because some of the member schools are all male. The GCL does have a ..

Greater Caucasus
Greater Caucasus (Russian: , Azerbaijani: Böyük Qafqaz Dağları, sometimes translated as "Caucasus Major", "Big Caucasus" or "Large Caucasus") is the major mountain range of Caucasus mountains. It stretches for about 1200 km from West-North-West to East-South-East, between the Taman Peninsula of..

Greater celandine
The greater celandine (Chelidonium majus) is a yellow-flowering poppy, native to Europe and the Mediterranean basin. It is also widespread in North America, having been brought there by settlers as a herbal remedy for skin problems such as warts as early as 1672. The whole plant is toxic, containi..

Greater Chennai Police
The Greater Chennai Police, a division of the Tamil Nadu Police, is the law enforcement agency for Chennai city and surroundings. The city police force is headed by a Commissioner of Police and the administrative control vests with the Tamil Nadu Home ministry. There are thirty six sub-divisions of ..

Greater China
Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and regions linked to Chinese political and cultural history. Greater China (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is a term referring collectively to mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and territories administered by the Republic of Chin..

Greater Churches Group
The Greater Churches Group is a self help organisation within the Church of England. It aims to provide help and mutual support to its member churches in dealing with the special problems of running a 'cathedral-like' church with the organisation and financial structure of a parish church. The gro..

Greater Cleveland
NASA image of Greater Cleveland and Lake Erie Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland in Ohio. Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below. This article covers the area generally considered to be Greater Cleve..

Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (officially the GCRTA, but usually referred to as the RTA) is the public transit agency for Cleveland, Ohio and the surrounding suburbs of Cuyahoga County. RTA is the largest transit agency in the State of Ohio, providing over 57 million trips to res..

Greater Cochin Development Authority
Greater Cochin Development Authority is the government overseeing agency for the development of the Indian port city of Kochi, Kerala. ..

Greater Copenhagen Authority
The Greater Copenhagen Authority (HUR, Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd (da: The Capital's Development Council)) is a politically-governed organisation deciding regional development plans for the Metropolitan Copenhagen area, Denmark. The counsil started work in July 2000. It has six areas to run and de..

Greater Coucal
The Greater Coucal, Centropus sinensis, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the Hoatzin. It is also known as the "Crow pheasant" or simply "Coucal." It is a widespead resident in southern Asia, from India east to south ..

Greater Crested Tern
The Greater Crested Tern, or Swift Tern, Sterna bergii, is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds in tropical and subtropical coastal parts of the Old World from South Africa around the Indian Ocean to the western Pacific and Australia. All populations disperse widely when not breeding..

Greater Croatia
The of this article or section may be compromised by "[Avoid peacock termspeacock terms]".Please see the relevant discussion on the [talk page]. Lands claimed by advocates of Greater Croatia Greater Croatia (Croatian: Velika Hrvatska) is a term applied to the ideol..

Greater Cumberland Airport
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Greater Cumberland Regional Airport
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Greater Daemons
The Greater Daemons of Chaos are the most powerful daemonic threats seen on the battlefields of the Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargames. Standing much taller than a man, each possesses power far beyond any other Daemon of Chaos. Aligned to the four Chaos Gods, they have personalities ..

Greater Dayton Public TV Tower
Greater Dayton Public TV Tower is a 356.7 metre high guyed TV tower at Dayton, Ohio, USA at 39°43'16.0" N and 84°15'00.0" W. Greater Dayton Public TV Tower was built in 1985. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=115715 See also: List of masts Broadcast televis..

Greater Dodder
The Greater Dodder (Cuscuta europaea) is a parasitic plant native to Europe, which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae, but was formerly classified in the family Cuscutaceae. It is notably a parasite of lucerne. thumb ..

Greater Dublin Area
DublinDun Laoghaire-RathdownSouth DublinFingalMeathKildareWicklow Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is a term which is used to describe the city of Dublin and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, South Dublin and Wicklow of the Republic of Ireland. The term is described in th..

Greater earless lizard
The Greater Earless Lizard (Cophosaurus texanus) is a species of earless lizard found in the southern United States, in the states of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, and in Mexico in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, and San Luis Potosi. While C...

Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Poster of Manchukuo promoting harmony between Japanese, Han Chinese and Manchu. The caption says: "With the help of Japan, China, and Manchukuo, the world can be in peace." The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere ([[Wiktionary:Kyūjitai|Kyūjitai]]: 大東亞共榮圈, Shinjitai: 大東亜�..

Greater East Asia War
The is a translation of one of several terms used in Japan to describe its period of warfare in the 1930s and early 1940s, which includes Japan's part in World War II. During the post-war occupation, the American General Headquarters or Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers banned the use of the t..

Greater East Asia War in the Pacific
The Greater East Asia War (大東亜戦争) was a term used, at least publicly in December of 1941, by Japan's Imperial General Headquarters (Imperial GHQ) to refer to the conflict that followed (and ultimately reversed) Japan's invasions in the 1930s and early 1940s of other nations in eastern Asia..

Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District
The Greater Egg Harbor Regional High School District is a regional public high school district serving approximately 3,700 in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from the constituent municipalities of Egg Harbor City (333 students), Galloway Township (1,853 stude..

Greater Egyptian Gerbil
The large Egyptian gerbil, Gerbillus pyramidum, is distributed mainly throughout northern Africa and Israel. References Aulagnier et al (2004). [Gerbillus pyramidum]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justifica..

Greater Essex County District School Board
The Greater Essex County District School Board was created on January 1st, 1998 with the amalgamation of the Windsor Board Of Education and the Essex County Board of Education. The school board services families in both Windsor, Ontario and Essex County, Ontario in Canada. The school board has 1..

Greater Fatra
Greater Fatra or Great Fatra (Slovak: Veľká Fatra) is a mountain range in the Western Carpathians in northwestern central Slovakia. In the geomorphological system, it is a part of the Fatra-Tatra Area. It is situated appr. between the cities of Ružomberok, Harmanec, Turčianske Teplice and Marti..

Greater Fatra National Park
The Greater Fatra National Park is a national park in the Greater Fatra mountains in Slovakia. It was established in 2002 and was a "protected landscape area" before that year. It has an area of 403.71 km² (the protection zone 261.33 km²). Most of the area is covered by forest – beech and beech..

Greater Finland
Map of Finland. For Greater Finland, add (in bluish gray) East Karelia, (in dark blue) Estonia and Ingria, (in green) part of Finnmark, and (in purple) part of Torne Valley. The picture includes the treaty of Tartu 1920 and the treaty of Paris 1947 borders of Finland. Greater Finland (in Fi..

Greater Flameback
The Greater Flameback, Chrysocolaptes lucidus also known as the Large Golden-backed Woodpecker or Malherbe's Golden-backed Woodpecker, is a woodpecker which is a widespread and common resident breeder from the Indian subcontinent eastwards through tropical southern Asia to the Philippines and Ind..

Greater Flamingo
The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread species of the flamingo family. It is found in parts of Africa, southwest Asia (including Turkey), southern Asia (coastal regions of India) and southern Europe (including Spain, Portugal, and the Camargue region of France). Some ..

Greater Fredericton Airport
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Greater galago
The greater galagos or thick-tailed bushbabies are the common name for three species of strepsirrhine primates. They are classified in the genus Otolemur in the family Galagidae. Genus Otolemur* Brown Greater Galago, Otolemur crassicaudatus** Otolemur crassicaudatus crassicaudatus** Otolemur cras..

Greater Galesburg, Michigan
Greater Galesburg is an area in Kalamazoo County in the U.S. state of Michigan surrounding the city of Galesburg. It is a Census-designated place (CDP) used for statistical purposes and does not have any legal status as an incorporated municipality. The population was 1,631 at the 2000 census. The..

Greater German People's Party
1923 election poster The Greater German People's Party (German Großdeutsche Volkspartei) was a political party during the First Republic (1918-1934) of Austria, founded in 1920. It supported unification (Anschluss) with the German Empire. Many of its adherents later supported the Nazis. The "G..

Greater Glasgow
Greater Glasgow refers to the Greater Glasgow Health Board area, and the Greater Glasgow Metropolitan Settlement Area (created in the 2001 census). Greater Glasgow, in a more general sense, refers to the City of Glasgow, together with the network of towns and villages that immediately surround it...

Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Greater Glasgow and Clyde is a new NHS board in Scotland, United Kingdom, created from the amalgamation of Greater Glasgow and part of Argyll and Clyde on April 1, 2006. It consists of the unitary council areas of City of Glasgow, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire an..

Greater Good (Warhammer 40,000)
The Greater Good or Tau'va is the name of the unifying philosophy behind the Tau empire in the Warhammer 40,000 tabletop wargame. It is based around the concept that the needs of the many are more important than the needs of a few, and is similar to the ethical theorem of utilitarianism (the correct..

Greater Grace World Outreach
The Greater Grace World Outreach is a family oriented Christian ministry. They preach the Gospel and the whole counsel of God from a Finished Work perspective. GGWO have a Christ-centered home church in Baltimore, Maryland, and affiliated ministries throughout the world, which believe and practi..

Greater Grand Crossing, Chicago
Greater Grand Crossing (Chicago, Illinois) Community Area 69 - Greater Grand CrossingLocation within the city of Chicago LatitudeLongitude [41°45.6′N 87°36.6′W] Neighborhoods Grand CrossingGreater Grand CrossingPark Manor ZIP Code parts of 60619, 60620, 60621 and 60637 Area 9..

Greater Grand Forks
"Greater Grand Forks" is the name used by some people to designate the twin cities of Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota as well as the surrounding area. The metropolitan area has a population of 97,478. The two towns lie directly across from each other on both sides of th..

Greater Grison
The Greater Grison, Galictis vittata, is an animal belonging to the ferret family Mustelidae from Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Brazil and Bolivia, living in savannas and rainforests, usually seen near rivers and streams. It's a nocturnal, with some diurnal activity in the m..

Greater Hartford
Greater Hartford is a region located in the state of Connecticut, centered around the state's capital of Hartford. It is roughly contiguous with the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metropolitan NECTA (New England City and Town Area). The area contains most of Hartford County and Tolland Cou..

Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science
The Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science or GHAMAS is a regional high school located at The Learning Corridor in Hartford, Connecticut. It is run by the Capital Region Education Council (CREC), one of 6 Regional Educational Service Centers (RESC) in Connecticut. GHAMAS is a state-of-..

Greater Helsinki
Map of the Metropolitan Area (Dark Green) and the Capital Region (Light Green). Central Helsinki, the focal point of the Capital Region, from the sky. Greater Helsinki (Finnish: Suur-Helsinki, Swedish: Storhelsingfors), Capital Region (Pääkaupunkiseutu, Huvudstadsregionen), Helsinki M..

Greater Honeyguide
The Greater Honeyguide (Indicator indicator) is a bird in the family Indicatoridae, paleotropical near passerine birds related to the woodpeckers. Its English and scientific names refer to its habit of guiding people to bee colonies. The Greater Honeyguide is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Afr..

Greater Hoopoe-lark
The Greater Hoopoe-lark or Hoopoe Lark ( Alaemon alaudipes), is a passerine bird which is a resident breeder in deserts from the Cape Verde Islands across much of north Africa, through the Arabian peninsula to Syria, Afghanistan and western Pakistan. This lark is a bird of deserts and semi-de..

Greater Horseshoe Bat
The Greater Horseshoe Bat Rhinolophus ferrumequinum is a European bat with a wingspan of 34-39cm. It is known to eat large insects in flight and prefers to roost while hanging upside down. It is mostly active in woodland and often roosts underground. Status in Britain The species is rare in..

Greater Houston
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown Common name: Greater Houston Largest cityOther cities Houston - Sugar Land - Baytown - Galveston Population Ranked 7th in the U.S. - Total | 5,280,077 (2005 est.) - Density | 515 /sq. mi. 199 /..

Greater Hume Shire Council
Greater Hume Shire Council is a Local Government Area (LGA) of New South Wales, Australia. The Council was formed in 2004 incorporating Culcairn Shire, the majority of Holbrook Shire and part of Hume Shire. The Shire is crossed by the Hume, Olympic and Riverina Highways. Major towns in the LGA ..

Greater Hungary
Greater Hungary can refer to: Greater Hungary, a political goal of Hungarian irredentists, who want to restore the borders of the historical Kingdom of Hungary as they were before 1918.The Kingdom of Hungary, informally also known as Greater Hungary or "Historic Hungary".Greater Hungary, an enlarge..

Greater Hungary (political concept)
Also see: Greater Hungary (disambiguation page) Greater Hungary (Hungarian: Nagy-Magyarország) is a political goal of Hungarian irredentists, who want to restore the borders of historical Hungary as they were before 1918. Historical revisionism is often used on by both proponents and opponents ..

Greater India
Greater India is a term used to describe the region between Central Asia in the North and tropical Indonesia in the South, and from the borderlands of Persia to Tibet and western China, which has had a significant Indian influence on its culture and civilizaton, including religious thought, langu..

Greater Iran
Greater Iran (in Persian: ایران بزرگ pron: Iran-e Bozorg, also ایران‌زمین pron: Iran-zameen) is a term for the entire region where Iranian languages were once or are today spoken, as well as areas that were part of various empires based in Persia. The Encyclopedia Iranica uses t..

Greater Israel
Three divergent geopolitical and diplomatic conceptions of Greater Israel. Greater Israel (also Complete Land of Israel, Hebrew: , Eretz Yisrael Hashlemah[Jerusalem Dispatch: Stripped], Yossi Klein Halevi, The New Republic, August 26 2005["Imperial Israel: The Nile-to-Euphrates..

Greater Istanbul
Greater Istanbul refers to the immediate city and centre of the Istanbul, Turkey and hence operates as a municipality and administrative area. It has a population of 13 million people. It may be used in contrast to Outer Istanbul. ..

Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan
The Jacksonville, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, known colloquially as the Greater Jacksonville Metropolitan, consists of Duval County (Jacksonville and the "independent" cities of Jacksonville Beach, Atlantic Beach, Baldwin and Neptune Beach), Clay County, St. Johns County, Nassau County a..

Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area
The Greater Johannesburg Metropolitan Area is the official name of the area surrounding the city of Johannesburg, in South Africa. It includes Johannesburg and the areas of the East Rand and West Rand. It is often referred to as the Witwatersrand, or Rand, after a low mountain range that runs thro..

Greater Kailash
Greater Kailash or GK as it is usually called is an affluent part of New Delhi. This South Delhi neighborhood has many trendy shops and restaurants, including Archana Arcade, a Benetton, a McDonalds and the Shalom lounge. GK is divided in to two parts, GK1 and GK2. GK2 being more expensive in terms..

Greater Katy
This article is in reference to the area around the City of Katy, Texas. For more information regarding the City itself, please go directly to Katy, Texas. Contents 1 Introduction2 Greater Katy versus The City of Katy3 Key Roads and Streets Within Greater Katy3.1 North-South R..

Greater Khingan
The Greater Khingan Range (Simplified Chinese: }}}; Traditional Chinese: ), also called the Greater Hing'an Range or Greater Hinggan Range, is a volcanic mountain range in Inner Mongolia, northeastern China. The range extends roughly 1,200 km from north to south, narrowing towards the south. It div..

Greater Khorasan
Nader Afshar's tomb in Mashad. Greater Khorasan is an area of land from the past which included parts that are presently in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Afghanistan forms the largest territory of Khorasan. Afghanistan was called Khorasan up to the 18th century,..

Greater Kohima
Greater Kohima refers to the urban agglomeration area around Nagaland's capital city, Kohima. The agglomeration area includes Kohima Village and Kohima Science College campus area in Jotsoma along with Kohima proper and is the largest urban area of Nagaland after Dimapur-Chumukedima. It has a popula..

Greater Krayt Dragon
The greater krayt dragon was a species of krayt dragon that was both rarer and larger than the canyon krayt. Greater krayts were massive, growing to 100 meters or more. They required ten legs to support their bulk. Despite their size, greater krayts were rarely encountered because they spent long..

Greater Kudu
The Greater Kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) is a woodland antelope found throughout East and Southern Africa. Greater Kudu are about a metre to a metre and a half tall at the shoulder and weigh 120 to 500 kilograms, the males being much larger than the females. Greater Kudu have brown to grey-blu..

Greater Lafayette Health Services, Inc.
Greater Lafayette Health Services (GLHS) is a member of the Sisters of St. Francis Health Services (SSFHS) hospital system. Formed in 1998, it owns and operates Home Hospital and St. Elizabeth Medical Center, both in Lafayette, Indiana. GLHS is licensed by the Indiana State Board of Health and i..

Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation
The Greater Lafayette Public Transportation Corporation (GLPTC) is a municipal corporation founded in 1971 to provide bus services in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. History In 1970 the privately owned Greater Lafayette Bus Co. abruptly ceased operations and the City of Lafayette hastily assumed operat..

Greater Landover, Maryland
Greater Landover is a census-designated place (CDP) in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 22,900 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Description2 Geography3 Demographics4 External links Description Greater Landover is a census area that contains se..

Greater London
Greater LondonLondon region Geography Status: Administrative areaCeremonial county ¹Region ² Origin: 1965 Area:- Total 9th in England1,580 km² NUTS 1: UKI Demographics Population:- (2004 midyear estimate)(2001 census based midyear estimate)- Density 2nd in England7,420,6007,322,4..

Greater London Authority
''For more coverage on London, see the [[Portal:London|London Portal]]. The Greater London Authority (GLA) administers the 1579 km² (610 sq. miles) of Greater London, covering the 32 London boroughs and the City of London. The GLA consists of an elected Mayor and 25-member Assembly. The present Ma..

Greater London Authority Act 1999
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Greater London Council
Arms of the Greater London Council The Greater London Council (GLC) was the top-tier local government administrative body for Greater London from 1965 to 1986. It replaced the earlier London County Council (LCC) which had covered a much smaller area. Contents 1 Creation2 Powers3&n..

Greater London Council election, 1964
The first election to the Greater London Council was held on April 9, 1964. The election happened at a time of very high political tension, with a general election due in a few months. When the GLC had been created, many had assumed it would be a natural Conservative victory, but due to the exclusio..

Greater London Council election, 1967
The second election to the Greater London Council was held on April 13, 1967, and saw the first Conservative victory for a London-wide authority since 1931. In addition to the 100 councillors, there were sixteen Aldermen who divided 10 Conservative and 6 Labour, so that the Conservatives actually ha..

Greater London Council election, 1970
The third election to the Greater London Council was held on April 9, 1970, and saw a Conservative victory with a reduced majority. In addition to the 100 councillors, there were sixteen Aldermen who divided 11 Conservative and 5 Labour, so that the Conservatives actually had 76 seats to 40 for Labo..

Greater London Council election, 1973
The fourth election to the Greater London Council was held on April 12, 1973. Labour, benefiting both from the unpopularity of the Conservative GLC's transport policy and from the difficulties of the national Conservative government, won a very large majority of 58 seats to 32 for the Conservatives;..

Greater London House
The Carreras Building, now known as Greater London House is an office building in Mornington Crescent, Camden Town, London, which was constructed as a factory for the Carreras tobacco company. The building was built on the crescent's communal garden in 1926 to designs by M.E. & O.H. Collins and ..

Greater London Linux Users Group
Greater London Linux Users Group (GLLUG) is a Linux user group (LUG) for the Greater London area. It has an active mailing list and meets regularly. External link [http://www.gllug.org.uk] ..

Greater London Urban Area
The Greater London Urban Area is the conurbation based around London in the South East of England. As defined by the Office for National Statistics at the time of the 2001 census it had a population of 8,278,251, making it the second largest urban area in the European Union. The Greater London Urba..

Greater Long-nosed Armadillo
The Great Long-nosed Armadillo, Dasypus kappleri, is a species of armadillo from South America. It is found in Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia and Brazil. It's a solitary nocturnal and terrestrial animal, living, usually, in the vicinity of streams and swamps. It feeds on arthropods and other inverte..

Greater Long-tailed Hamster
The Greater Long-tailed Hamster (Tscherskia triton) is a major crop-eating rodent that resides in Northern China. Some authorities maintain that the 15th gua of the Yi Jing (I Ching) refers repeatedly to this animal. Since the animal has been a major pest since ancient times and also has a habit o..

Greater Los Angeles Area
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside Common name: Greater Los Angeles Area Largest cityOther cities Los Angeles - Anaheim - Long Beach - Oxnard - Riverside - San Bernardino - Santa Ana Population Ranked 2nd in the U.S. - Total | 18,080,413 (2006 ..

Greater Los Angeles Auto Show
Two Dodge Chargers in the Dodge exhibit at the 2006 LA Auto Show. The Greater Los Angeles Auto Show is an annual auto show that takes place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California. The show has been held annually since 1907. The first show took place at Morley's Ska..

Greater Malmö
Greater Malmö (Swedish: Stor-Malmö) is the south-eastern part of the Scandinavian Öresund Region. According to the definition as used by Statistics Sweden and Øresund Statistics, Greater Malmö is divided into four areas, one each for the municipalities of Malmö, Lund, and Trelleborg, and a f..

Greater Manchester
Greater Manchester Geography Status: Ceremonial and Metropolitan county (no county council) Origin: 1974 Region: North West England Area:- Total Ranked 39th1,276 km² ONS code: 2A NUTS 2: UKD3 Demographics Population:- Total (2004 est.)- Density Allerdale | Barrow-in-Furness ..

Greater Manchester County Council
The Arms of The Greater Manchester County Council The Greater Manchester County Council (GMCC) was the former upper-tier administrative body for Greater Manchester, a metropolitan county in England. It was established on April 1, 1974, and functioned for the next twelve years. Along with f..

Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service
The Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service is the county-wide emergency fire & rescue service for the metropolitan county of Greater Manchester, England. It is administered by a joint authority of the 10 metropolitan boroughs of Greater Manchester, known as the "Fire and Rescue Authority". It h..

Greater Manchester Open
The Greater Manchester Open was a European Tour golf tournament which was played annually from 1976 to 1981. It was held at Wilmslow Golf Club in Wilmslow, Cheshire, just to the South of Manchester, one of the main cities of the North of England. Three of the six winners were from the Republic of Ir..

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive Logo. The Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) is the public body (Passenger Transport Executive) responsible for co-ordinating public transport services throughout Greater Manchester in England. The GMPTE does not actually ..

Greater Manchester Police
Greater Manchester Police Coverage Area Greater Manchester Size 1,276 km² Population 2.5 million Operations Formed 1974 HQ Chester House, Trafford Officers 8,167 Divisions 12 Stations 62 Chief Constable Michael J Todd Website http://www.gmp.police.uk ..

Greater Manchester Urban Area
The Greater Manchester Urban Area is the term used by the Office for National Statistics for the large conurbation surrounding Manchester in northern England. The area has a population of 2,244,931. The area includes much, but not all of the Greater Manchester Metropolitan county, and includes som..

Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority
The Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority (GMWDA) was created under the Local Government Act 1985 to carry out the waste management functions and duties of the Greater Manchester County Council after its abolition in 1986. Greater Manchester Waste Limited (GMW), a company owned and control..

Greater Media
Greater Media, Inc., known as Greater Media, is an American broadcasting company that specializes in radio stations. The markets where they own radio stations include Boston, MA, Detroit, MI, Philadelphia, PA, and the state of New Jersey. The company was formed in 1956 in Southbridge, MA, and its..

Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network
Greater Mekong Sub-region Academic and Research Network (GMSARN) is a network of academic and research institutions in a Greater Mekong sub-region. Its mission is to carries out activities in human resources development, joint research, and dissemination of information and intellectual assets genera..

Greater Merseyside
Greater Merseyside is an informal term for a sub-region of North West England including Merseyside, Halton, West Lancashire, and Ellesmere Port and Neston. This corresponds, in part, to the original proposal for Merseyside and the River Mersey or Liverpool's hinterland. It has a semi-official usa..

Greater Metropolitan Area of Aveiro
The Greater Metropolitan Area of Aveiro (Portuguese: Grande Área Metropolitana de Aveiro) in Portugal consists of 13 municipalities that makes the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the country. They spread over two subregions: Baixo Vouga (population: 364,975) and Entre Douro e Vouga (95,52..

Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra
The Grande Área Metropolitana de Coimbra (or in English Greater Metropolitan Area of Coimbra) has 16 municipalities (largest to smallest in number of inhabitants): Coimbra, Figueira da Foz, Cantanhede, Montemor-o-Velho, Soure, Mealhada, Penacova, Lousã, Condeixa-a-Nova, Miranda do Corvo, Mira, Tá..

Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho
Greater Metropolitan Area of Minho (Grande Área Metropolitana do Minho) in Portugal consists of 13 municipalities that makes the third most populous metropolitan area in the country. They spread over three subregions: Ave (population: 377,086), Cávado (359,739) and Tâmega (38,312). The total popu..

Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto
Greater Metropolitan Area of Porto, in Portuguese Grande Área Metropolitana do Porto, is a metropolitan area composed of several municipalities centered in the city of Porto, in northern Portugal. In total it has 14 municipalities that make up the second biggest urban area in the country, after Gre..

Greater Metropolitan Area of the Algarve
The Greater Metropolitan Area of the Algarve (Grande Área Metropolitana do Algarve) has 16 municipalities (largest to smallest in number of inhabitants): Loulé, Faro, Portimão, Olhão, Silves, Albufeira, Lagos, Tavira, Lagoa, Vila Real de Santo António, São Brás de Alportel, Monchique, Castro ..

Greater Metropolitan Area of Viseu
The Greater Metropolitan Area of Viseu (Grande Área Metropolitana de Viseu) has 21 municipalities (largest to smallest in number of inhabitants): Viseu, Tondela, Seia, Mangualde, São Pedro do Sul, Castro Daire, Gouveia, Nelas, Sátão, Santa Comba Dão, Vouzela, Moimenta da Beira, Oliveira de Frad..

Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League
The Greater Metro Junior A Hockey League is an unsanctioned Canadian Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey league planning to start its first season in 2006. Contents 1 History2 Pros and Cons3 Teams4 Links History Seemingly created to follow in the footsteps of the folded Metro Jun..

Greater Mexico City
Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Zona Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México or ZMCM (Metropolitan Zone of Mexico City) in Mexico. Contents 1 Agreement on the definition of the ZMCM1.1 Definition of the ZMCM2 The normative definitio..

Greater Middlesbrough
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Greater Middlesbrough is an un-official, local term for areas immediately surrounding the official boundaries o..