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Gros may refer to: People * Gros (surname) * Gross (surname), the German variant of Gros * Le Gros, the Norman variant of Gros Other uses * Gros (coinage), a type of 13th-century silver coinage of France * Gros (grape), another name for Elbling, a variety of white grape * Groș, a village of the city of Hunedoara, Transylvania, Romania * General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) See also * Gros Morne (other) * * Gross (other) * Grosz (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros (surname)
The surname Gros may have several origins. French: a nickname for a big, fat person. In Several languages it is a spelling variant of Gername surname Gross (surname), Gross. Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press, as cited at ancestry.com Groș is a Romanian-language word for "Large". See also Legros. Gros, Groș may refer the following notable people: * Sara Gros Aspiroz (born 1983), Spanish ski mountaineer * Antoine-Jean Gros (1771–1835), French painter * Brigitte Gros (1925–1985), French journalist and politician * Daniel Gros (born 1955), German economist * Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros (1793–1870), French ambassador and one of the first daguerreotypists * Jules Gros (1890–1992), Breton linguist * Jules Gros (journalist) (1890–1891), French journalist and President of the unrecognised Republic of Independent Guyana * Piet Gros (born 1964), Dutch chemist References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gross (surname)
Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß". It is a surname of German, Prussian, and Yiddish (Ashkenazi Jewish) origin. The word means "big", "tall" or "great", and was likely adopted in Europe over the 15th to 19th centuries during the times of the House of Habsburg when monarchs of the royal families (Emperor or Empress) were called "the Great" (der Große). Descendants of this House may have adopted the name ''Gross'' from their ancestors. German-speaking Christian hymns use references to Jesus as "Mein Herr ist Groß" (''My Lord is Great'') or "So Groß ist der Herr" (''So Great is the Lord''). Composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) wrote several songs referring to Jesus or God as ''groß'', such as D 757, a quartet called "Gott in der Natur" (''Groß ist der Herr!'') in 1822 and D 852, "Die Allmacht" (''G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Gros
Legros, LeGros or Le Gros is an ancient Norman/French surname. It literally means "the Large". Notable people with the surname or nickname include: Surname * Alphonse Legros (1837–1911), French painter and etcher * Augustus Asplet Le Gros (1840–1877), Norman language poet from Jersey and a Jurat of the Royal Court of Jersey * Bartholomew le Gros (before 1189–after 1253), prelate of French origin in the Kingdom of Hungary * Fernand Legros (1931–1983), French art dealer * James LeGros (b. 1962), American film and television actor * Joseph Legros (1739–1793), French singer and composer * Pierre Le Gros the Elder (1629–1714), French sculptor working primarily at Versailles * Pierre Le Gros the Younger (1666–1719), French sculptor * Raymond le Gros, Anglo-Norman commander * Sous-Lieutenant Legros, who led the breach at Hougoumont * William le Gros, 1st Earl of Albemarle (died 1179), Count of Aumale, Earl of York, and Lord of Holderness Nickname * Charles Le Gros, anglicized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros (coinage)
A gros was a type of silver coinage of France from the time of Saint Louis. There were ''gros tournois'' and ''gros parisis''. The ''gros'' was sub-divided in ''half gros'' and ''quarter gros''. The original gros created by St Louis weighed about 4.52 g of nearly pure silver, and was valued at one sou, that is 12 deniers or 1/20 of a livre tournois. Unlike the gold écu that was minted in small numbers, mostly for prestige reasons, the gros was a very common coin, and very widely copied by non royal mints. Notes See also * Groschen Groschen (; from la, grossus "thick", via Old Czech ') a (sometimes colloquial) name for various coins, especially a silver coin used in various states of the Holy Roman Empire and other parts of Europe. The word is borrowed from the late L ... {{Coin-stub Medieval currencies Numismatics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros (grape)
Elbling is a variety of white grape (sp. ''Vitis vinifera'') which today is primarily grown in the upstream parts of the Mosel region in Germany and in Luxembourg, where the river is called Moselle. The variety has a long history, and used to cover much of Germany's vineyards from medieval times and was that country's most cultivated variety until the early 20th century, but has been in decline ever since. As of 2006, there were of Elbling vineyards in Germany, which made it the country's 23rd most grown variety of grape. Of that vineyard surface, 575 ha or 98.6% was found in the Mosel regionGerman Wine Institute: German Wine Statistics 2007-2008 In the same year, there were of Elbling grown in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunedoara
Hunedoara (; german: Eisenmarkt; hu, Vajdahunyad ) is a municipiu, city in Hunedoara County, Transylvania, Romania. It is located in southwestern Transylvania near the Poiana Ruscă Mountains, and administers five villages: Boș (''Bós''), Groș (''Grós''), Hășdat (''Hosdát''; ''Hochstätten''), Peștișu Mare (''Alpestes'') and Răcăștia (''Rákosd''). The city includes the most important Gothic architecture, Gothic-style secular building in Transylvania: the Hunyad Castle, which is closely connected with the Hunyadi family. The castle was destroyed by fire five times, but underwent many reconstructions from Austro-Hungarian and later Romanian authorities. Besides the castle, the town developed as a production center for iron and a market for the mountain regions nearby. During the 20th century, Hunedoara's population increased to 86,000 inhabitants. The city contained Hunedoara steel works, the largest steel works in Romania (until Galați took the lead), but activity gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Register Office For Scotland
The General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) ( gd, Oifis Choitcheann a' Chlàraidh na h-Alba) was a non-ministerial directorate of the Scottish Government that administered the registration of births, deaths, marriages, divorces and adoptions in Scotland from 1854 to 2011. It was also responsible for the statutes relating to the formalities of marriage and conduct of civil marriage in Scotland. It administered the census of Scotland's population every ten years. It also kept the Scottish National Health Service Central Register. On 1 April 2011 it was merged with the National Archives of Scotland to form National Records of Scotland. All the former department's functions continue as part of the new body. History Initially ministers of the Church of Scotland were responsible for keeping parish records of baptisms and marriages, but only for their own church members. Later the Privy Council of Scotland, following the suggestion of the General Assembly of the Church of Sco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gros Morne (other)
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Gros Morne or Gros-Morne may refer to: * Gros-Morne, Artibonite, a commune in the Artibonite department in Haiti * Gros Morne, Grand'Anse, rural settlement in the Moron commune of Haiti * Gros-Morne, Martinique, a commune in the French overseas department of Martinique * Gros Morne, Newfoundland, a mountain located in western Newfoundland * Gros Morne National Park, on the west coast of Newfoundland * Gros Morne, Réunion, a volcanic peak on the island of Réunion * Gros Morne, Saint Lucia, a mountain located in the Castries District of Saint Lucia * Gros Morne, Trinidad, a mount part of the Trinity Hills See also * Gros (other) * Morne (other) Morne is an Old-French word for a small mountain. It may refer to: * Morne a Chandelle, a village in the Sud-Est department of Haiti * Morne-à-l'Eau, a commune in Guadeloupe * Morne Bois-Pin, the fourth highest mountain in Haiti * Morne la Vigie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gross (other)
Gross may refer to: Finance *Gross Cash Registers, a defunct UK company with a high profile in the 1970s *Gross (economics), is the total income before deducting expenses Science and measurement *Gross (unit), a counting unit equal to 144 items *Gross weight * Gross heating value, see Heat of combustion Places *Gross, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Gross, Kansas, an unincorporated community *Gross mine, a gold mine in Russia *Gross, Nebraska, a village *Gross Hills, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica *33800 Gross, an asteroid Other uses *Gross (surname) *In golf, the gross score is the number of strokes taken before accounting for any handicap allowances *"In gross", legally associated with a legal person as opposed to a piece of land; as in: ** Easement in gross as opposed to ''easement appurtenant'' ** Hereditary in gross service, as opposed to ''serjeanty'' ** Profit in gross as opposed to ''profit appurtenant'' ** Villein in gross (tied to the lord) as opposed to ''vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
