Gaul

/gɔl/
/gɔl/
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Other forms: Gauls

Definitions of Gaul
  1. noun
    a person of French descent
    synonyms: frog
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    type of:
    French person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman
    a person of French nationality
  2. noun
    an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
    synonyms: Gallia
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    example of:
    geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region
    a demarcated area of the Earth
  3. noun
    a Celt of ancient Gaul
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    types:
    Galatian
    a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)
    type of:
    Celt, Kelt
    a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times
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