Meaning

Garou can mean many things.

• 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."
• "Garou" was the name of an ancient werewolf race that inhabited the earth in the period between the dragon race and the human race. This Garou didn´t evolve to another dimension, they continued living with humans, using their human form to interact with them. For unknown reasons, the Garou were extinguished nearly the 1500 Before the common era. Only a few Garous remain alive this days, with many of their abilities untrained.^{[verification needed]}

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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. ... Lupus is Latin for wolf. It may refer in English to: several diseases: Lupus erythematosus, the autoimmune disease (also known as systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE) Lupus nephritis, an inflammation caused by SLE Lupus pernio, a feature of sarcoidosis Lupus vulgaris, a feature of cutaneous tuberculosis other uses: Lupus, the... Statue of Charlemagne (also called Karl der Große, Charles the Great) in Frankfurt, Germany. ...

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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