Giles
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People
- Giles (given name)Giles (given name)-Etymology:Giles is the Medieval English form of the Old French saints' name Gilles, an altered form of Latin Aegidius.Some explain this as from Greek αιγιδιον meaning "kid, young goat"....
, male given name (Latin: Aegidius) - Giles (surname)Giles (surname)The surname Giles comes from the given name Giles, for which multiple origins have been suggested.People with the surname Giles include:-Real people:* Annabel Giles , Welsh model, panellist and novellist...
, family name
- Saint GilesSaint GilesSaint Giles was a Greek Christian hermit saint from Athens, whose legend is centered in Provence and Septimania. The tomb in the abbey Giles was said to have founded, in St-Gilles-du-Gard, became a place of pilgrimage and a stop on the road that led from Arles to Santiago de Compostela, the...
(650–710), 7th-8th century Christian hermit saint - Giles of Assisi, Aegidius of Assisi, 13th century companion of St. Francis of Assisi
- Giles of RomeGiles of RomeGiles of Rome , was an archbishop of Bourges who was famed for his logician commentary on the Organon by Aristotle. Giles was styled Doctor Fundatissimus by Pope Benedict XIV...
(1243–1316), 13th century archbishop - Carl GilesCarl GilesRonald "Carl" Giles , often referred to simply as Giles, was a cartoonist most famous for his work for the British newspaper the Daily Express....
(1916–1995), British cartoonist for the Daily Express- Giles familyGiles FamilyThe Giles family is a fictional British family created by cartoonist Carl Giles at the end of World War II, appearing first on 5 August 1945.Much of Giles's World War II work had been cartoons featuring Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and the typical British Tommy, but he felt the need to expand...
, a fictional family featured in work by Giles
- Giles family
- Rupert GilesRupert GilesRupert Giles is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The character is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. He serves as Buffy Summers' mentor and surrogate father figure...
, fictional character in the American TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Places
United States- Giles, UtahGiles, Utah-External links:* at Ghost Towns of Utah...
, a US ghost town - Giles County, Tennessee, US
- Giles County, VirginiaGiles County, VirginiaAs of the census of 2000, there were 16,657 people, 6,994 households, and 4,888 families residing in the county. The population density was 47 people per square mile . There were 7,732 housing units at an average density of 22 per square mile...
, US
Australia
- Electoral district of GilesElectoral district of GilesGiles is an electoral district of the House of Assembly in the Australian state of South Australia. The electorate, named after explorer Ernest Giles, is the largest in South Australia, covering a 500,738.0km² swathe of outback South Australia...
, a state electoral district in South Australia - Giles Weather StationGiles Weather StationGiles Weather Station is located in Western Australia near the South Australian border, about West-South-West of Alice Springs and West of Uluru. It is the only staffed weather station within an area of about and is situated mid-continent and near the core of the subtropical jetstream...
near the Western Australian - South Australian border - Giles Land DistrictGiles Land DistrictGiles Land District is a land district of Western Australia, located within the Eastern and Eucla land divisions on the Nullarbor Plain. It spans roughly 29°00'S - 31°00'S in latitude and 123°30'E - 126°30'E in longitude....
, a land district (cadastral division) of Western Australia
Argentina
- San Andrés de GilesSan Andrés de GilesSan Andrés de Giles is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the San Andrés de Giles Partido.-External links:...
, a town in Buenos Aires Province
Other uses
- "Giles", a solo electronica side-project of Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr. who is the frontman for the metal band Between the Buried and Me
- "Giles", a song by Unearth from III: In the Eyes of FireIII: In the Eyes of FireIII: In the Eyes of Fire is the third studio album by Unearth, released on August 8 2006. The album entered the Billboard album charts at number 35, selling approximately 22,000 copies. The album had sold in excess of 105,000 copies in the US....
- Giles G-202, an aerobatic plane designed by Richard Giles
- Farmer Giles of HamFarmer Giles of Ham"Farmer Giles of Ham" is a Medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937 and published in 1949. The story describes the encounters between Farmer Giles and a wily dragon named Chrysophylax, and how Giles manages to use these to rise from humble beginnings to rival the king of the land...
, a 1949 Medieval fable written by J. R. R. Tolkien - Giles Goat-BoyGiles Goat-BoyGiles Goat-Boy is a 1966 novel by the American writer John Barth. It is a satire and allegory of the American campus culture of the time. In 2001, Barth told Michael Silverblatt on KCRW's Bookworm that while he wrote the novel thinking the name 'Giles' was pronounced with "a hard 'G'.....
, 1966 novel by John Barth, satire of American campus culture - Giles (Buffy comic)Giles (Buffy comic)Giles is a comic, a story based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series.-Story description:Giles has been Buffy's Watcher now for four years. He becomes involved in a solo adventure when the Watcher, Michaela Tomasi, notifies him of the death of his former mentor, Archie Lassiter. This...
, story based on the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series