gaul

UK /ɡɔːl/ US /ɡɔːl/

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Definitions

name

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

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.

Collocations

ADJ.

all, same

VERB + GAUL

latinized, leaves, part, shores

GAUL + NOUN

belgae, germany, rubicon

PREP.

in, into, on

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an ancient region of western Europe that included what is no

gallia

noun — a person of French descent

frog

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

[…] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.

Wiktionary

Caesar leaves Gaul, crosses the Rubicon, and enters Italy.

Tatoeba · #53905

All Gaul is divided into three parts.

Tatoeba · #869347

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.

Tatoeba · #2489104

The Romans latinized Gaul.

Tatoeba · #3153661

In antiquity, on the Mediterranean shores of Gaul, there was a civilization still little known.

Tatoeba · #6841217

Usage Notes

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