Garou
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[edit] Meaning
Garou can refer to:
- Garou was the nickname of Québécois singer-songwriter Robert Charlebois, in the 1970s.
- Garou became the stage name of another Québécois singer, Pierre Garand, in the 1990s.
- Garou is a term used by a race of werewolves to refer to themselves in the Werewolf: The Apocalypse role-playing game.
- Garou is an abbreviation of Garou Densetsu, the original Japanese name for the Fatal Fury series. Garou: Mark of the Wolves is a fighting game created by SNK Playmore. It is a continuation of the Fatal Fury series.
- Garou, literally "Starving Wolf" in Japanese. "Ookami" is the Japanese word for "Wolf."
[edit] Etymology
From the French "loup-garou," meaning "werewolf." "Loup" means "wolf" (from the Latin "lupus," meaning the same), and "garou" descends from the Frankish "wariwulf" ("werewolf") through a long sequence of typically French sound changes.
Additionally: Japanese word, Garou (餓狼), meaning Hungry Wolf. Despite the coincidental spelling, it has no etymological ties to the French word.
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