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A giant is a being of human appearance, sometimes of prodigious size and strength, common in folklore.

Giant(s) or The Giant(s) may also refer to:

Mythology and religion

• Giants (Greek mythology)
• Jötunn, a Germanic term often translated as 'giant'
• Giants (Welsh folklore)
• Giants (esotericism)
• Nephilim, a Hebrew term loosely translated as 'giants' in some Bibles
• List of giants in mythology and folklore

Arts and entertainment

Brands and enterprises

• Giant Bicycles, bicycle maker
• GIANT Company Software, internet security developer
• Giant Food (disambiguation)
• Giant Hypermarket, a retail chain in Southeast Asia
• Giant Industries, a defunct oil company and convenience store chain in the U.S. Southwest now succeeded by Speedway
• Grenoble Innovation for Advanced New Technologies (GIANT), an innovation campus in Polygone Scientifique in Grenoble, France

People

• Giant Baba and Baba the Giant, two of the ring names of Japanese professional wrestler Shohei Baba (1938–1999)
• André the Giant (1946–1993), French wrestler and actor
• Giant Haystacks (1947–1998), a ring name of English professional wrestler Martin Austin Ruane (1946–1998)
• Giant Silva, a ring name of Brazilian basketball player, mixed martial arts fighter, and wrestler Paulo César da Silva (born 1963)
• Giant González, a ring name of Argentine professional wrestler Jorge González (1966–2010)
• The Giant (wrestler) (born 1972), a ring name of American wrestler Paul Wight
• Paulo da Silva (born 1980), Paraguayan football player nicknamed "Giant"

Places

• Giant, Richmond, California, a former unincorporated community
• Giant Forest, Sequoia National Park, California
• Giant Geyser, Yellowstone National Park
• Giant Mountain, New York
• Giant Springs, near Great Falls, Montana

Sports

Other uses

• GIANT AntiSpyware, a software application
• Giant Center, an arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Giant Mine, a gold mine in the Northwest Territories, Canada
• Giant, callsign of Atlas Air, an airline

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Giant
• All pages with titles containing Giant
• Gas giant, a type of planet
• Giganta, fictional character
• Giant star, a type of star
• Land of the Giants, American science fiction television series
• My Giant, 1998 American comedy film
• Processional giant, costumed tall figures
• Eddie Carmel (1936–1972), Israeli-born entertainer known as "The Jewish Giant" and "The Happy Giant"
• Project Riese (German for "giant"), the code name for a construction project of Nazi Germany (1943–45)
• Giant Rock, Mohave Desert, California, United States
• Geant (disambiguation)