Giselle
Americannoun
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(italics) a ballet (1841) choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with musical score by Adolphe Adam.
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Also Gisele. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.
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After 20 years as physical education department chair, Jurupa Valley girls’ flag football head coach Giselle Kendall is retiring.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Vanguard identified three other vessels targeted on Tuesday as the Singapore-flagged GFS Giselle, the Marshall Islands-flagged Al Saadiyat and the Barbados-flagged Alfonso.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
As Bethell removed his helmet and celebrated towards the England dressing room, his father Graham and mother Giselle embraced in the stands, celebrating and wiping away tears of joy.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2026
This new species is named for Martina Giselle Ramirez, dean of the College of Science at California State University, Stanislaus and formerly dean of natural sciences and biology professor at St. Norbert College.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2025
The French critic Théophile Gautier wrote the great ballet Giselle and then fell deeply in love with its star ballerina.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
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