Gallia

See also: gallia and Gàl·lia

Aromanian

Etymology

From Greek Γαλλία (Gallía), ultimately from Latin Gallia.

Proper noun

Gallia

France

Synonyms

Frantsia

Latin

Etymology

From Gallus (“a Gaul”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.li.a/
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Proper noun

Gallia f (genitive Galliae); first declension

Gaul (i.e. the country of the Gauls; modern-day France and Belgium)
- 100 BCE – 44 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1
  Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
  Gaul is a whole divided into three parts.

Declension

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
nominative	Gallia
genitive	Galliae
dative	Galliae
accusative	Galliam
ablative	Galliā
vocative	Gallia
locative	Galliae

Derived terms

References

Gallia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Gallia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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