Gibbons
Alberta town name
Gibbons is an English surname, most notably borne by Orlando Gibbons, an English Renaissance composer, and Edward Gibbons, author of *The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire*.
The name also appears as a place name in various English-speaking countries.
Have you read Gibbons on Rome? (Lowercase gibbons are small apes.)
Orlando
Central Florida city
Renaissance · Baroque · author · decline · fall · Roman Empire · English · madrigals · keyboard
- ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
- British MusicThe Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
- American BeersPabst, Schlitz, Falstaff, Schaefer, Ballantine
- English Choralanthems, motets, evensong, cathedral choirs, church choirs
- Harpsichord Musicharpsichord, clavichord, spinet, virginals, Johann Sebastian Bach
- Renaissance ComposersByrd, Monteverdi, Victoria, John Dowland, Praetorius
primate classification
Gibbonsgreat apes
Tailless primate family
gorillas · orangutans · chimpanzees · bonobos · humans
name type
Gibbonsfirst name
Personal name, not surname
given name · forename · Christian name · personal name · birth name
- gibbous moonMoon over half-lit
- waxing gibbousMoon over half-lit, enlarging
- waning gibbousMoon more than half-lit, decreasing