Gibbon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gibbon	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gibbon n English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) Synonym(s): Gibbon, Edward Gibbon smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies Synonym(s): gibbon, Hylobates lar
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zo[94]l.) Any arboreal ape of the genus {Hylobates}, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Gibbon, MN (city, FIPS 23678) Location: 44.53513 N, 94.52300 W Population (1990): 712 (359 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55335 Gibbon, NE (city, FIPS 18615) Location: 40.74650 N, 98.84474 W Population (1990): 1525 (602 housing units) Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 68840