Silly may refer to:
Places
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Silly, Belgium
Silly (; nl, Opzullik; pcd, Chili) is a municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Hainaut, Belgium.
On January 1, 2006, Silly had a total population of 7,995. The total area is which gives a population density of 118 inhabitants per ...
, a town
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Silly Department
Silly is a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳ðž¤ðž¤²ðž¤¢ 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to ...
, a department or commune of Sissili Province in southern Burkina Faso
Music
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Silly (band)
Silly is a German rock band. Founded in East Germany in 1977, Silly was one of the country's most popular music acts, and was well known for its charismatic lead singer Tamara Danz. Her death in 1996 ended the band's recording career after 18 ...
, an East German rock group from the 1970s
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The Sillies
The Sillies were a Detroit punk rock band formed early 1977 by auto assembly line worker Ben Waugh. The Sillies played their first show second-billed to The MC5. Later, they played with bands such as The Dead Boys
The Dead Boys are an Amer ...
, an American punk rock band formed in 1977
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''Silly'' (album), the 2008 debut album by Taiwanese singer and songwriter Queen Wei
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"Silly" (song), a 1981 song by Deniece Williams
People
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Gilbert Bécaud
Gilbert Bécaud (, 24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001) was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et maintenant", a 1961 release t ...
(1927–2001), born François Silly, French singer, composer, pianist and actor
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Gaylord Silly
Gaylord Lucien D. Silly (; born 20 February 1986) is a French-Seychellois long distance runner who represents Seychelles internationally. Born in Vendôme, France, to a Seychelloise mother and a French father, he holds dual nationality.
His fir ...
(born 1986), long distance runner from the Seychelles
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John Silly
John Sill (c 1621–1672) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1659 and 1660.
Silly was the second son of John Silly (died 1646) of Trevelver, Cornwall and his first wife Elizabeth Marke, daughter of John Marke of St Wenn. ...
(died 1672), English politician and Member of Parliament
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Roland Silly Roland Silly (-) was a French trade unionist and politician.
In the 1930s, Roland Silly was Secretary of the Federation (or section) of technicians of the CGT and member of the Socialist Party SFIO, led by Paul Faure.
During the German occupati ...
, French trade unionist and politician, collaborator during the German World War II occupation of France
Other uses
* ''silly'', the adjective of
Silliness
Silliness is defined as engaging in "a ludicrous folly", showing a "lack of good sense or judgment", or "the condition of being frivolous, trivial, or superficial". In television, film, and the circus, portrayals of silliness such as exaggerated ...
* Silly, a
fielding position in the sport of cricket
* the title character of ''
Mr. Silly
The following is a list of ''Mr. Men'', from the children's book series by Roger Hargreaves, also adapted into the children's television programme ''The Mr. Men Show''. Books one (''Mr. Tickle'') to forty-three (''Mr. Cheerful'') were writ ...
'', the tenth book in the Mr. Men children's book series
See also
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Isles of Scilly
The Isles of Scilly (; kw, Syllan, ', or ) is an archipelago off the southwestern tip of Cornwall, England. One of the islands, St Agnes, is the most southerly point in Britain, being over further south than the most southerly point of the ...
, a UK archipelago
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Sili (disambiguation)
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