Definitions for sleeping giant
sleep·ing giant

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1. sleeping giantnoun

   Someone or something with great, latent strength.

2. Etymology: A metaphor, perhaps made popular by the 1970 film Tora! Tora! Tora!, wherein it was attributed to Isoroku Yamamoto: "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve."

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1. Sleeping Giant

   Sleeping Giant of south-central Connecticut, with a high point of 739 feet, is a rugged traprock mountain located 8 miles north of New Haven. It is part of the narrow, linear Metacomet Ridge that extends from Long Island Sound near New Haven, north through the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts to the Vermont border. A prominent landscape feature visible for miles, the Sleeping Giant receives its name from its anthropomorphic resemblance to a slumbering human figure as seen from both the north and south. The Giant is known for its expansive clifftop vistas, rugged topography, and microclimate ecosystems. Most of the Giant is located within Sleeping Giant State Park. The mountain is a popular recreation resource; over 30 miles of hiking trails traverse it including 5 miles of the 23-mile Quinnipiac Trail. Quinnipiac University is located at Mount Carmel's foot in Hamden.

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How to pronounce sleeping giant?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleeping giant in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sleeping giant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of sleeping giant in a Sentence

1. Ben Foden:

   It's a new challenge, something completely different for me. I'm just really hungry to get out there and see what they've got. I honestly believe that America is the next sleeping giant in Major League Rugby, i definitely think in the next 8-12 years we'll see a powerhouse in the sport.

2. Cameron Wilson:

   I think they're just not into football, nobody will tell you that. For a long time, even I was that person who was an advocate, saying :' Yeah there's a lot of potential here, it's a sleeping giant and it's a massive goldmine waiting to be discovered.'.

3. Isoroku Yamamoto, After Pearl Harbor, Japanese Admiral:

   I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.

4. Kate Caithness:

   To be fair in the past, we’ve always said the United States were our sleeping giant. It actually woken up before the Olympics, but of course with Shuster and his team winning gold, I mean it’s now gone crazy.

5. James Hilterbrand:

   To go from what was a high school rugby paddock to the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs is indicative of the level of professionalism that's come to the game, (USA Rugby) is no longer a sleeping giant as everyone wants to call it, it's woken up and it's happening – I think it's just going through breakfast at the moment.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sleeping_Giant
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=sleeping giant