GB

See also: .gb, G♭, Gb, gb, and ɡb

㎇ U+3387, ㎇ SQUARE GB ← ㎆ [U+3386] CJK Compatibility ㎈ → [U+3388]

Translingual

Etymology

From English Great Britain, taken from the full name of the country, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The reasoning provided by the International Organization for Standardization is, “Since name components like Republic, Kingdom, United, Federal or Democratic are used very often in country names we usually do not derive the country code elements from them in order to avoid ambiguity. The name components United and Kingdom not being appro[p]riate for ISO 3166-1, the code GB for the United Kingdom was created from Great Britain.”

Symbol

GB

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for the United Kingdom.

   Synonyms: GBR (alpha-3), UK (exceptionally reserved)

Usage notes

The code includes the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

Anagrams

• BG

English

Symbol

GB

1. (computing, formal) Abbreviation of gigabyte.
   • 1989, IBM 3390 Direct Access Storage Reference Summary, IBM, page 7:

     MB equals 10⁶ bytes and GB equals 10⁹ bytes

2. (computing, informal) Abbreviation of gibibyte.

   Synonym: GiB.

Noun

GB (plural GBs)

1. (anatomy) Initialism of gallbladder.
2. (informal, pharmacology) Initialism of goofball (“barbiturate”).
   • 1965 February 26, James Mills, “The World of Needle Park”, in Time, volume 58, number 8, page 82:

     Goofballs usually produce a quiet drowsiness, but also at times a tense aggressiveness that can be frighteningly unpredictable. Irene's behavior when she is high on GBs, which is most of the time, has created such havoc in the neighborhood restaurants that they no longer let her in.

3. (crystallography) Initialism of grain boundary.

Translations

gigabyte

• French: Go (fr)
• Georgian: გბაიტი (gbaiṭi), გბ (gb)
• Tigrinya: ጊባ (giba)

Proper noun

GB

1. Initialism of Great Britain.
2. Initialism of Gilgit-Baltistan.
3. Abbreviation of Green Bay in Wisconsin, USA.
4. Initialism of Game Boy.
5. (chemistry, military) Initialism of German agent B (US designation for the nerve gas sarin).
6. Initialism of Guantanamo Bay.
7. (linguistics) Initialism of Government and Binding.

See also

• Great Britain on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Phrase

GB

1. (Internet slang) Initialism of God bless.

Anagrams

• Bg., bg, BG

Spanish

Proper noun

GB f

1. Acronym of Geroa Bai.

Yoruba

Letter

GB

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gb (“The eighth letter of the Yoruba alphabet”)

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y