Fyzabad
or FAIZABAD, a city in the United Provinces of India, the capital of the division of the same name. Within its limits are many temples and a vast number of ruins of the ancient city of Ayodhya. The great fair annually held here is attended by over half a million pilgrims. There is an important trade in wheat and rice . The city contains large sugar refineries . It is the headquarters of a British commissioner. Pop. about 60,000. G G, g, the seventh letter and fifth consonant of the English alphabet, formed by arching the tongue against the hinder part of the roof of the mouth, then lowering the tongue and giving utterance to voice. G has two sounds in the English, one hard when it occurs before a, o, u, as in gate, god, gun (except in gaol), and when initial, always before e and i in all words of English origin, as in get, give, and when final, as in bag; also before the consonants 1 and r, as in glove, grove; the second sound of g is soft, and is a palatal sound like j. This second sound of g was unknown in Anglo-Saxon.
It is the voiced sound corresponding to the breathed sound of ch as in church. It is the sound which g has commonly before e, i, and y, as in gem, gin, gymnastics. Gis silent before n, as in gnat, when at the beginning of a word, and at the end of a word it generally serves to lengthen the vowel, as in benign. In form Gis a modification of C, which in the Roman alphabet had the same power.
The Anglo-Saxon g is in many words now represented by y, as in may (verb), way (Anglo-Saxon waga), or w, as in law (Anglo-Saxon lagu), dawn (Anglo- Saxon dagian). Sometimes it has been .
Sometimes it has been softened down to a, e, or i, as in alike (Anglo-Saxon gelic), enough (Anglo- Saxon genoh), handiwork (Anglo-Saxon handgewsorc). Sometimes it is lost in the root, and makes its appearance in the derivative as in dry and drought, slay and slaughter, etc. From some words it has disappeared altogether, as in if (Anglo-Saxon gif), icicle (Anglo-Saxon isgicel), etc. It has been softened to ge (j), as in cringe (Anglo-Saxon cringan), and to ch in orchard (Anglo-Saxon ortgeard). In Romance words g often disappears, as in master (Lat. magister).
It has crept into some words (generally false analogy), as in sovereign, foreign, (Old French soverain, forain). Ec, eg has often become ge (=j), as in edge (Anglo-Saxon ecg, egg). Gh has a guttural sound, as in lough, the sound of f, foreign, as in tough, and in many words is not sounded, as in bright, plough.
G, as a symbol is used: 1. In numerals, for 400, and with a dash over it, for 40,000. 2. In music: (1) The note lichanos in Greek music. (2) The first note of the Church mode, called Eolin, the highest in pitch of the authentic modes. (3) The lowest note of the grave hexachord; in the Guidonian system, gamma ut. (4) The fifth note of the normal scale of C, called sol. (5) The lowest or fourth string of a violin, the third of the viola and violoncello. (6) The key-note of the major scale, having one sharp in the signature. (7) The letter-name of the treble clef. 3. In Church calendar, for the seventh of the Dominical letters. 4. Physics: A symbol for the acceleration of a body falling in vacuo. It=980 C. G. S. units of acceleration.
GABLONZ (gä'blōnts), a town of the N. of Bohemia, 6 miles S. E. of Reichenberg, celebrated for its glass manufactures, in which thousands of men are employed. The town has also textile industries, bookbinding, and porcelain painting. Pop. about 30,000.