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gaul
/ɡɔːl/
name 1noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
all, same
VERB + GAUL
latinized, leaves, part, shores
GAUL + NOUN
belgae, germany, rubicon
PREP.
in, into, on
Definitions
name
1
A historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Ge
noun
1
A native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France.
[…] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.
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Synonyms
noun — an ancient region of western Europe that included what is no
- gallia
noun — a person of French descent
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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[…] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.
Wiktionary02
Caesar leaves Gaul, crosses the Rubicon, and enters Italy.
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All Gaul is divided into three parts.
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The goal of Spartacus was to gain freedom and to allow all his followers to return to their respective homelands of origin, in Thrace, Gaul, Germany.
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The Romans latinized Gaul.
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In antiquity, on the Mediterranean shores of Gaul, there was a civilization still little known.
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