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gɑrˈgæn tʃu əgar·gan·tu·a

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  1. Gargantuanoun

    a voracious giant in Francois Rabelais' book of the same name

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  1. gargantua

    Gargantua is a term, often used in literature, to describe a gigantic, powerful person or thing. It originates from the popular series of five novels titled "The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel", authored by Francois Rabelais where Gargantua is a giant king and one of the protagonists. It is also used figuratively to describe something of huge proportions or with great intensity.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Gargantua

    a gigantic personage, in Rabelais, of preternally lusty appetite and guzzling and gourmandising power; lived several centuries, and begat Pantagruel.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of gargantua in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of gargantua in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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