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Giselle

American  
[ji-zel, zhee-zel] / dʒɪˈzɛl, ʒiˈzɛl /

noun

  1. (italics) a ballet (1841) choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, with musical score by Adolphe Adam.

  2. Also Gisele. a female given name, form of Elizabeth.


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The high school soccer debut of incoming freshman Zoe Thompson, sister of Alyssa and Giselle, will be so big that Harvard-Westlake will need to give out red bibs to photographers to identify who’s real media.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 2025

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

It started last Sunday, when a video posted to X showed 18-year-old Camryn Giselle Booker confronting a group of her classmates at Texas Tech University as they were holding a vigil for Kirk on campus.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2025

Giselle Salgado, also an East L.A. native, said it was important to see a good turnout from her community, as well as from public officials, though she noticed a smaller crowd this year.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 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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