Gallia

See also: gallia and Gàl·lia

Aromanian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Greek Γαλλία (Gallía), ultimately from Latin Gallia.

Proper noun

Gallia

1. France

   Synonym: Frantsia

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin Gallia.

Proper noun

Gallia f

1. Gaul (a Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium)

Related terms

• gallico
• gallo

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Latin

Etymology

From Gallus (“a Gaul”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.li.a/, [ˈɡälːʲiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.li.a/, [ˈɡälːiä]

• Audio (Classical):

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Proper noun

Gallia f sg (genitive Galliae); first declension

1. Gaul (i.e. the country of the Gauls; modern-day France and Belgium)
   • c. 52 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 noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gallia
Genitive	Galliae
Dative	Galliae
Accusative	Galliam
Ablative	Galliā
Vocative	Gallia
Locative	Galliae

Derived terms

• Gallia Belgica
• Gallia Lugdūnēnsis
• Gallia Narbōnēnsis
• Gallia Trānspadāna
• Trēs Galliae

Descendants

• Italian: Gallia
• → Ancient Greek: Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (Gallíā)
  • Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
    • → Aromanian: Galii
• → Catalan: Gàl·lia
• → Japanese: ガリア

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.