Gigantes

American  

[ji-gan-teez] / dʒɪˈgæn tiz /

plural noun

Classical Mythology

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

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Etymology

Origin of Gigantes

First recorded in 1690–1710; from Latin, from Greek Gígantes, plural of Gígas; see origin at giant ( def. )

Example Sentences

Moronta also played several seasons in the Dominican Republic winter league, and his former teams, the Estrellas Orientales and Gigantes del Cibao, honored him in Instagram posts Monday morning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2024

Algunos aficionados a los Gigantes insisten en que la rivalidad es divertida.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2021

“Creo que los seguidores de los Gigantes tienen más clase”, añadió.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 9, 2021

He ended up on baseball’s scrap heap, pitching for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball and the Gigantes de Carolina in Puerto Rico.

From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2013

For just beyond Concepcion harbour began the narrow channels of the Gigantes Islands, in some of which he had feared to find the gunboat wrecked.

From Anting-Anting Stories And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos by Kayme, Sargent