Gogmagog

Gogmagog
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Gogmagog was the giant which lived in Cornwall and was killed by Corineus, who threw him from the top of a cliff. -

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  • Gogmagog Hills — an area of low hills south of Cambridge in England that is popular with walkers and cyclists. * * * …   Universalium

  • (the) Gogmagog Hills — the Gogmagog Hills [the Gogmagog Hills] an area of low hills south of ↑Cambridge in England that is popular with walkers and ↑cyclists …   Useful english dictionary

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