'Gibbon' definitions:
Definition of 'Gibbon'
From: WordNet
noun
English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794) [syn: Gibbon, Edward Gibbon]
noun
Smallest and most perfectly anthropoid arboreal ape having long arms and no tail; of southern Asia and East Indies [syn: gibbon, Hylobates lar]
Definition of 'Gibbon'
From: GCIDE
- Gibbon \Gib"bon\, n. [Cf. F. gibbon.] (Zool.) Any arboreal ape of the genus Hylobates, of which many species and varieties inhabit the East Indies and Southern Asia. They are tailless and without cheek pouches, and have very long arms, adapted for climbing.
- Note: The white-handed gibbon (Hylobates lar), the crowned (H. pilatus), the wou-wou or singing gibbon ({H. agilis}), the siamang, and the hoolock. are the most common species. [1913 Webster]
Gibbon, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gibbon, NE -- U.S. city in Nebraska
Population (2000) :
1759
Housing Units (2000) :
668
Land area (2000) :
0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.838856 sq. miles (2.172628 sq. km)
FIPS code :
18615
Located within :
Nebraska (NE), FIPS 31
Location :
40.747656 N, 98.844381 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
68840
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Gibbon, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Gibbon, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
808
Housing Units (2000) :
378
Land area (2000) :
0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.887940 sq. miles (2.299753 sq. km)
FIPS code :
23678
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
44.533200 N, 94.524178 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
55335
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.