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Gal·li·a
(găl′ē-ä) See Gaul2.
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Gallia
(ˈɡælɪə)n
(Placename) the Latin name of Gaul
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Gaul
(gɔl)n.
1. an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps (Cisalpine Gaul) and another part N of the Alps (Transalpine Gaul).
2. a province of the ancient Roman Empire, including the territory corresponding to modern France, Belgium, the S Netherlands, Switzerland, N Italy, and Germany W of the Rhine.
3. a native or inhabitant of Gaul.
4. a native or inhabitant of France.
Latin, Gallia (for defs. 1,2). Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
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| Noun | 1. | Gallia - an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands |
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