Giro or GIRO may refer to:
Banking and investments
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Giro (banking)
A giro transfer, often shortened to giro (), is a payment transfer between Transaction account, current bank accounts and initiated by the payer, not the payee. The debit card has a similar model. Giros are primarily used in Europe; although ele ...
, a direct payment from one bank account to another instigated by the payer
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Girobank
National Girobank was a British public sector financial institution run by the General Post Office that opened for business in October 1968. It was initially called ''National Giro'' then ''National Girobank'' and finally ''Girobank plc'', bef ...
, a state owned and later privatised financial institution in the UK
* GiroBank, a Danish bank (1991–1995) which through several mergers is now part of
Danske Bank
Danske Bank A/S (, ) is a Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation. Headquartered in Copenhagen, it is the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in the northern European region with over 5 million retail custome ...
* name of a bank account with the Dutch Postgiro, later Postbank, now
ING
Ing, ING or ing may refer to:
Art and media
* '' ...ing'', a 2003 Korean film
* i.n.g, a Taiwanese girl group
* The Ing, a race of dark creatures in the 2004 video game '' Metroid Prime 2: Echoes''
* "Ing", the first song on The Roches' 199 ...
People
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Ivelin Giro, Cuban American actress
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Jaume Giró
Jaume Giró i Ribas (born 1964) is a Catalan journalist, corporate executive and the current Minister of Economy and Finance of Catalonia.
Early life
Giró was born in 1964 in Badalona, Catalonia, Spain. He has a degree in information scienc ...
(born 1964), Catalan corporate executive
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Giro (singer) stage name of salsa singer Jorge López
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Anna Girò
Anna Girò (also Girrò or Giraud) (c1710—c1748 or later), also known as l'Annina del Prete Rosso, la Nina del Prete Rosso, or l'Annina della Pietà, was the stage name of Anna Maria(?) Maddalena Tessieri (or Tesieri, Teseire or Testeiré), an It ...
, 18th-century Italian contralto
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Stefan Giro
Stefan Giro (born 10 March 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles Football Club and Fremantle in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Early career
Originally from Hope Valley, a northern suburb of Adel ...
, Australian footballer
Places
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Giro, Indiana
Giro is an unincorporated community located at the northernmost point of Gibson County in Washington Township, Gibson County, Indiana. The town is also known as Buena Vista.
History
It was plat
In the United States, a plat ( or ) (plan) ...
, a small town in the United States
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Giro District
The Giro District () is located within southeastern Ghazni province in Afghanistan, 50 km South East of Ghazni city. The district is a wide plain with scattered low mountains. More than 40 000 residents are estimated, according to 2002 year' ...
, Afghanistan
Sport
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Giro d'Italia
The Giro d'Italia (; ), also known simply as the Giro, is an annual stage race, multiple-stage bicycle racing, bicycle race primarily held in Italy, while also starting in, or passing through, other countries. The first race was organized in 19 ...
, a men's cycling Grand Tour in Italy
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Giro d'Italia Women
The is an annual women's cycle stage race around Italy. First held in 1988, the race is currently part of the UCI Women's World Tour, and is currently organised by RCS Sport, the organisers of the men's Giro d'Italia. The race was previously ...
, a women's cycling Grand Tour in Italy
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Giro d'Italia automobilistico
The Giro d'Italia automobilistico was an automobile race around Italy, historically first held in 1901, then reinstituted as annual event between 1973 and 1980, resurrected for 1988 and 1989, and again in 2011. Both in its historical and modern ...
, automobile race in Italy
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Giro (company)
Giro is an American manufacturer of snow and cycling helmets; snow and mountain-biking goggles; cycling and mountain bike apparel and shoes; and softgoods for cycling
Cycling, also known as bicycling or biking, is the activity of riding a bi ...
, a U.S. manufacturer of helmets for cycling and snow sports
Other uses
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Girò
Girò is a red Italian wine grape variety that is grown on Sardinia and is used mostly in the production of fortified wines in the Giro di Cagliari ''Denominazione di origine controllata'' (DOC). The grape was once widely planted throughout Sardi ...
, an Italian wine grape
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Giró blanc
Giró blanc is a pink-skinned Spanish wine grape variety grown in the Balearic islands where it used in white wines produced under the Illes Balears appellation. Ampelographers believe that the grape is indigenous to Majorca with DNA profiling sho ...
, a Spanish wine grape
* Giro, or Girouette, a character in the video game ''
Mega Man ZX
''Mega Man ZX'' is a 2006 action-platform game developed by Inti Creates and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS. It was released on July 6, 2006 in Japan, September 12, 2006 in North America, June 20, 2007 in Australia, and June 22, 2007 i ...
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* Giro, a piece of orchestral music by Finnish composer
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen (; born 30 June 1958) is a Finnish conducting, conductor and composer. He is the music director of the San Francisco Symphony and conductor laureate of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra in London and the Sw ...
See also
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Gyro (disambiguation)
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