Gilbert
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People
- Gilbert (given name)Gilbert (given name)Gilbert is a British Isles given name of Norman-French and Old German origins. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. The prefix, "Gil-", comes from "gisil", meaning a noble youth, while the suffix, "-bert" comes from "beraht", meaning bright or famous...
, a masculine given name - Gilbert (surname)Gilbert (surname)Gilbert is a British Isles surname of Norman-French and pre Old Germanic origins. The prefix, "Gil-", comes from "gisil", meaning a noble youth, while the suffix, "-bert" comes from "berht", meaning bright or famous. Original spellings included Gislebert, Guilbert and Gilebert. Variant spellings...
, a surname - Saint Gilbert (disambiguation), several people
Fictional characters
- Gilbert BlytheGilbert BlytheGilbert Blythe is a fictional character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series of novels.In the CBC Television film adaptations of the 1980s, Gilbert Blythe is portrayed by Jonathan Crombie. For the 1934 film adaption, Gilbert is portrayed by Tom Brown. In the Japanese anime...
, a character in Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables series of novels - Gilbert Grape, title character in the film What's Eating Gilbert GrapeWhat's Eating Gilbert GrapeWhat's Eating Gilbert Grape is a 1993 film directed by Lasse Hallström and starring Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis and Leonardo DiCaprio. Peter Hedges wrote the screenplay adapted from his 1991 novel of the same name...
- Gil GrissomGil GrissomDr. Gilbert "Gil" Grissom, is a fictional character on the CBS crime drama CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, portrayed by William Petersen. Grissom was a forensic entomologist and the night-shift supervisor of the Clark County, Nevada CSI team, investigating crimes in and around the city of Las Vegas...
, a character in the Crime Scene Investigation television series - Gilbert Beilschmidt, a character from the manga and anime Axis Powers Hetalia
- Gilbert, Caillou's cat in the show "CaillouCaillouCaillou is a Canadian children's television show based on the books by author Christine L'Heureux and illustrator Hélène Desputeaux. Many of the stories in the animated version began with a grandmother introducing the story to her grandchildren, then reading the story about the book...
" - Gilbert Nightray, a character from the manga and anime Pandora HeartsPandora Heartsis a manga series by Jun Mochizuki. Originally starting serialization in the shōnen magazine GFantasy published by Square Enix in June 2006. Currently fourteen volumes have been released in Japan. The manga series was licensed for an English language release by Broccoli Books but has been dropped;...
Place names
Australia- Gilbert-Einasleigh RiverGilbert-Einasleigh RiverThe Gilbert-Einasleigh River is one of the largest river systems in northern Australia. It is located in north-central Queensland, between the Flinders River and the Mitchell River.-Description:...
, a river system in northern Queensland, Australia
Canada
- Gilbert Plains, ManitobaGilbert Plains, ManitobaGilbert Plains is a town in Manitoba, Canada. The town lies on Highway 5 and the CN railway line, between Dauphin and Grandview, or about 250 miles NW of Winnipeg. The current mayor of Gilbert Plains is Lyle Smith. Gilbert Plains railway station receives Via Rail service.-History:Incorporated in...
, town
Kiribati
- Gilbert IslandsGilbert IslandsThe Gilbert Islands are a chain of sixteen atolls and coral islands in the Pacific Ocean. They are the main part of Republic of Kiribati and include Tarawa, the site of the country's capital and residence of almost half of the population.-Geography:The atolls and islands of the Gilbert Islands...
, chain of atolls and islands in the Pacific Ocean
United Kingdom
- Witton GilbertWitton GilbertWitton Gilbert is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England. It is situated to the north-west of Durham.The village once had a railway station on the...
, village in County Durham, England
United States
- Gilbert, ArizonaGilbert, Arizona-Demographics:As of July 1, 2009, Maricopa Association of Governments, Census 2000. United States Census Bureau. there were 217,521 people, 74,147 housing units, and 3.01 persons per household....
, town in Maricopa County - Gilbert, ArkansasGilbert, ArkansasGilbert is a town in Searcy County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 33 at the 2000 census, ranking it as one of the smallest municipalities in the state and nation...
- Gilbert, IowaGilbert, IowaGilbert is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 987 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames-Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, town in Story County - Gilbert, LouisianaGilbert, LouisianaGilbert is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 561 at the 2000 census.-History:The village is named for one of the early families of Franklin Parish. One of their descendants is former state legislator J.C...
, village in Franklin Parish - Gilbert, MinnesotaGilbert, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,847 people, 842 households, and 495 families residing in the city. The population density was 156.7 people per square mile . There were 900 housing units at an average density of 76.3 per square mile...
, town in St. Louis County - Gilbert, South CarolinaGilbert, South CarolinaGilbert is a town in Lexington County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 500 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Town Overview:Gilbert is located at ....
, town in Lexington County - Gilbert, West VirginiaGilbert, West VirginiaGilbert is a town in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 417 at the 2000 census. Gilbert was incorporated in 1918 and named for Gilbert Creek, which derives its name from the name of an early traveler in the area who was killed by Native...
, town in Mingo County - Gilbert Creek, West VirginiaGilbert Creek, West VirginiaGilbert Creek is a census-designated place in Mingo County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,090 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Gilbert Creek is located at ....
, census-designated place in Mingo County - Mount Gilbert (Alaska)Mount Gilbert (Alaska)Mount Gilbert is a volcano which forms the northern part of Akun Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands, USA. Active fumaroles were documented 1 mi northeast of the summit in the early 1900s.-Sources:* *...
, a volcano on Akun Island, Aleutian Islands
Astronomical
- Gilbert (lunar crater)Gilbert (lunar crater)Gilbert is a large lunar crater that lies near the eastern limb of the Moon. Due to its location this feature appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth, limiting the amount of detail that can be observed...
- Gilbert (Martian crater)Gilbert (Martian crater)Gilbert is a large Martian crater located in the south of the planet in the area of Promethei Terra. It is one of several large craters in the heavily pock-marked upland region. It was named in 1973 in honour of American geologist Grove K. Gilbert....
Other uses
- Gilbert (band)Gilbert (band)Gilbert is the performance name of Matthew Gilbert Linley, a London-based composer and musician. He is also the drummer in Engineers with Ulrich Schnauss.-Biography:Linley grew up in south-east London, England....
, a name used by English composer and musician Matthew Gilbert Linley - Gilbert (sports equipment)Gilbert (sports equipment)Gilbert is a sporting goods manufacturing company, specialising in balls for rugby union and netball. The company was established by William Gilbert in 1823, who along with his nephew, James, developed the first rugby balls, having previously made football boots before the game of rugby had been...
, an English sporting-goods manufacturer - Gilbert (unit), a CGS unit of magnetomotive force
- Gilbert CellGilbert cellIn electronics, the Gilbert cell is a transistor circuit used as an analog multiplier and frequency mixer, first described by Barrie Gilbert in 1968. The advantage of this circuit is the output current is an accurate multiplication of the base currents of both inputs...
, a circuit used in communication electronics - Gilbert HillGilbert HillGilbert Hill is a monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, in Mumbai, India. The rock has a sheer vertical face and was formed when molten lava was squeezed out of the Earth's clefts during the Mesozoic Era about 65 million years ago. During that era, molten lava had spread around most of...
, a monolith column of black basalt rock in Andheri, India - A. C. Gilbert CompanyA. C. Gilbert CompanyThe A. C. Gilbert Company was an American toy company, once one of the largest toy companies in the world. It is best known for introducing the Erector Set to the marketplace....
, maker of the Erector set, toy trains, and science toys - Hurricane GilbertHurricane GilbertHurricane Gilbert was an extremely powerful Cape Verde-type hurricane that formed during the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season and created widespread destruction in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. It is the second most intense hurricane ever observed in the Atlantic basin behind only...
, a 1988 Caribbean hurricane - USC&GS GilbertUSC&GS GilbertUSC&GS Gilbert was a launch that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1930 to 1962.Gilbert was built by Latham D. Smith at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, in 1929...
, a survey ship of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey