Garland
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The word Garland (from Old French gerland, in French guirlande) means "wreath of flowers".
- Garland may also refer a decoration.
- In some forms of coalminers' jargon, a garland is a metal gutter placed round a mine shaft on the inside, to catch water running down inside the shaft and run it into a drainpipe.
- Garland is a combat motorcycle used by the protagonist Shogo Yahagi in the anime Megazone 23.
United States
Garland is the name of five places in the United States:- the city of Garland, Texas
- the town of Garland, Arkansas
- the town of Garland, North Carolina
- the village of Garland, Nebraska
- the village of Garland, Pennsylvania
- Garland Publishing, a scholarly publisher, now part of Taylor & Francis Group [link]
Famous characters
Garland is the surname of some notable individuals:- John of Garland, medieval English grammarian, fl. 13th century.
- actress Judy Garland, best known for her role in The Wizard of Oz, and mother of Liza Minnelli.
- Confederate Civil War General Samuel Garland, Jr. (1830-1862), who was killed at Fox's Gap during the Battle of South Mountain.
- U.S. Air Force General William M. Garland (1908-1991), assistant chief of operations for the Eighth Air Force in the European Theater during World War II.
- Alex Garland (born 1970), British novelist, author of the novels The Beach (1996), The Tesseract (1998), The Coma (2004), and the screenplay for Danny Boyle's 2003 movie 28 Days Later
- Augustus Hill Garland
- Hamlin Garland, writer
- Beverly Garland, actress
- Nicholas Garland, political cartoonist in British newspapers
- Garland Jeffreys, singer
Fictional persons
It can also refer to fictional characters:- Garland is also a strong Beyblade character and fighter who plays for BEGA.
- Garland is also an character in Final Fantasy who inhabits the Temple of Fiends. He is also in Final Fantasy IX where he creates all the genomes in the game on his planet Terra.
- Johnny Garland is a fictional character in the Shadow Hearts universe.
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