Godzilla

Godzillą English thumb Alternative forms en Godzirra evoking a Japanese accent en Gojira Etymology en en From en ja ゴジラ Gojira, en blend created for the movie from the words ja ゴリラ gorira gorilla and ja 鯨 kujira whale. Pronunciation en /ɡɒdˈzɪlə/ RP en /ɡɑdˈzɪlə/ GA,Atlantic Canada en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Godzilla.wav Milwaukee,Wisconsin en /ɡɔdˈzɪlə/ AU en ɪlə 3 Proper noun A fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films. en May 20, 2012 Nathan Rabin TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992) w:The Onion AV Club http://www.avclub.com/articles/marge-gets-a-job,73723/ What other television show would feature a gorgeously designed sequence where a horrifically mutated Pierre and Marie Curie, their bodies swollen to Godzilla-like proportions from prolonged exposure to the radiation that would eventually kill them, destroy an Asian city with their bare hands like vengeance-crazed monster-Gods? https://web.archive.org/web/20120816082952/http://www.avclub.com/articles/marge-gets-a-job,73723/ Derived terms en Godzillalike Translations Japanese science-fiction monster Arabic: ar غُودْزِيلَا m, ar غُدْزِيلَا m Armenian: hy Գոձիլա Azerbaijani: az Qodzilla Bulgarian: bg Годзила m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 哥斯拉 go1 si1 laai1 Mandarin: cmn 哥斯拉 Gēsīlā Esperanto: eo Godzilo Finnish: fi Godzilla French: fr Godzilla m German: de Godzilla m Greek: el Γκοντζίλα m, el Γκοτζίλα m Hebrew: he גוֹדְזִילָה m Godzíla Hindi: hi गोडज़िला m, hi गोडजिला m, hi गोगोला m uncommon Italian: it Godzilla m Japanese: ja ゴジラ Gojira Kannada: kn ಗಾಡ್ಜಿಲ್ಲಾ Gāḍjillā Korean: ko ^고지라, ko ^고질라 Malayalam: ml ഗോഡ്സില്ല Marathi: mr गॉडझिला m Persian: fa گودزیلا godzilâ Polish: pl Godzilla m-an Portuguese: pt Godzilla m Romanian: ro Godzilla f Russian: ru Годзи́лла m Tamil: ta காட்சில்லா Thai: th ก็อตซิลลา gɔ̀t-sil-laa, th ก็อตซิลล่า gɔ̀t-sil-lâa Ukrainian: uk Ґодзі́лла m Vietnamese: vi Godzilla Noun en figuratively Anything that is an extremely large or dramatic example of its type. en a Godzilla of a tower building en w:P. J. O'Rourke Peace Kills 2009 Atlantic Books https://books.google.com/books?id=9ABoDQ1tZekC&pg=PT64&dq=%22a+Godzilla%22&hl=en&cd=17&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22a%20Godzilla%22&f=false 978-1-84887-259-2 Aren't we supposed to be a big, terrifying country, a Godzilla of capitalism wrecking the globe? Derived terms en godzillion Godzilla-ish -zilla Godzillaesque Godzillalike Further reading en Fictional characters Film Horror Japanese fiction Science fiction Polish pl: thumb|Godzilla Etymology pl :obor en:Godzilla + 1 Pronunciation LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-Godzilla.wav Proper noun m-anml en Godzilla fictional Japanese monster (kaiju) from a series of science-fiction films Declension s Further reading pl Fictional characters Japanese fiction Science fiction