Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Ottawa Gee-Gees are the athletic teams that represent the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.The name is a result of a progressive evolution. Similar to many older institutions, their teams were long referred to by the school's colours as the Garnet and Grey (French: Grenat et Gris). Eventually, members of the media began to refer to the teams simply as the ‘GGs’, providing a nickname in both English and French for the bilingual school’s teams. The nickname stuck and would eventually be combined with a horse racing term (where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate) to create the current ‘Gee-Gees’ team nameThe Gee-Gees have won the national football championship, the Vanier Cup, in 1975 and 2000 while appearing in the game in the 1970, 1980, and 1997 seasons."@en }
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- Ottawa_Gee-Gees abstract "The Ottawa Gee-Gees are the athletic teams that represent the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.The name is a result of a progressive evolution. Similar to many older institutions, their teams were long referred to by the school's colours as the Garnet and Grey (French: Grenat et Gris). Eventually, members of the media began to refer to the teams simply as the ‘GGs’, providing a nickname in both English and French for the bilingual school’s teams. The nickname stuck and would eventually be combined with a horse racing term (where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate) to create the current ‘Gee-Gees’ team nameThe Gee-Gees have won the national football championship, the Vanier Cup, in 1975 and 2000 while appearing in the game in the 1970, 1980, and 1997 seasons.".
- Q7109180 abstract "The Ottawa Gee-Gees are the athletic teams that represent the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.The name is a result of a progressive evolution. Similar to many older institutions, their teams were long referred to by the school's colours as the Garnet and Grey (French: Grenat et Gris). Eventually, members of the media began to refer to the teams simply as the ‘GGs’, providing a nickname in both English and French for the bilingual school’s teams. The nickname stuck and would eventually be combined with a horse racing term (where a Gee-Gee is the first horse out of the starting gate) to create the current ‘Gee-Gees’ team nameThe Gee-Gees have won the national football championship, the Vanier Cup, in 1975 and 2000 while appearing in the game in the 1970, 1980, and 1997 seasons.".