Gigantes

[ ji-gan-teez ]

plural nounClassical Mythology
  1. huge monsters, the children of Gaia, who fought the Olympians but were defeated by them.

Origin of Gigantes

1
First recorded in 1690–1710; from Latin, from Greek Gígantes, plural of Gígas; see origin at giant

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