Gigant is the word for

giant In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: ''wiktionary:gigas, gigas'', cognate wiktionary:giga-, giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear an otherwise notable appearance. The word ''gia ...

in a number of languages. It is derived from the Greek mythological giants, the ''gigantes'' (). It may also refer to: *''Gigant'', nickname of

Messerschmitt Me 323 The Messerschmitt Me 323 ''Gigant'' ("Giant") was a German military transport aircraft of World War II. It was a powered variant of the Messerschmitt Me 321, Me 321 military glider and was the largest land-based transport aircraft to fly during ...

, a German transport aircraft **''Gigant'', nickname of

Messerschmitt Me 321 The Messerschmitt Me 321 ''Gigant'' was a large German cargo glider developed and used during World War II. Intended to support large-scale invasions, the Me 321 had very limited use due to the low availability of suitable tug aircraft, high vul ...

, a German transport glider, predecessor of the Me 323 above *''Gigant'', nickname of Hungarian

MÁV Class V63 The MÁV Class V63 "Gigant" series (since 2011 H-START Class 630) were made by Ganz for MÁV to haul heavy freight and passenger trains with high tractive effort. This is the most powerful type of locomotive that have been made in Hungary. History ...

series of trains *

FC Gigant Belene FC Giant Belene is a Bulgarian football club from the town of Belene. History It was founded in 1947 Since then, the Gigant playing with variable success in B PFG. The first major success was the entry in B PFG in 1962, where he played until ...

, an association football club based in Belene, Bulgaria * FC Gigant Grozny, a defunct association football club based in Grozny, Russia * FC Gigant Voskresensk, a defunct association football club based in Voskresensk, Russia * Gigant (rural locality), several rural localities in Russia *Gigant, a large missile launcher in the Japanese ''Kamen Rider Agito'' tokusatsu series *'' Gigant'', a Japanese manga series written by

Hiroya Oku is a Japanese manga artist, who is the creator of ''Gantz'', '' Gigant'', ''Hen'', and '' Inuyashiki'', the first two of which have been serialized in ''Weekly Young Jump''. Originally influenced by Katsuhiro Otomo and Ryoichi Ikegami,

*Gigant Edge, a boss in several

Kirby Kirby may refer to: Buildings * Kirby Building, a skyscraper in Dallas, Texas, United States * Kirby Lofts, a building in Houston, Texas, United States * Kirby Hall, an Elizabethan country house near Corby, Northamptonshire, England * Kirby Ho ...

video games. *

Muisky Gigant Muisky Gigant () is a mountain in the Southern Muya Range, Stanovoy Highlands, Russia. Administratively it is located in Buryatia, Russian Federation.Google Earth Following four failed attempts to climb the peak, the first ascent of Muysky Gigan ...

, a mountain in Buryatia

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