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Gaul (gôl)

noun

  1. a member of the Celtic-speaking people of ancient Gaul
  2. a Frenchman
Gaul2 definition

Gaul (gôl)

  1. ancient region in W Europe, consisting of what is now mainly France & Belgium
    after 5th cent. , also called Transalpine Gaul
  2. ancient region in N Italy, occupied by the Gauls (4th cent. )
    in full Cisalpine Gaul
  3. ancient division of the Roman Empire, including Cisalpine Gaul & Transalpine Gaul (1st-5th cent. )

Etymology: Fr < Frank *walha, Romans, foreigners, orig., Celts < WGmc *walhos < Celt name > Wales, Welsh, L Volcae

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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