Gallo

See also: gallo, gallò, gallo-, and Gallo-

English

Proper noun

Gallo

1. A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
2. A brand of low-priced California wine
   • 1987, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, page 49

     "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."

   • 2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz, page 1

     But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.

   • 2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks, page 108

     On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.

   • 2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave, page 26

     I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].

   • 2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284:

     "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.

   • 2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50:

     The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys

Related terms

• Gallo-Roman

Translations

Romance language spoken in northwest France

• Breton: gallaoueg m
• French: gallo (fr) m
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• Gallo: galo
• Irish: Gallóis f

Anagrams

• ALGOL, Algol, Golla

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Latin

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) Gallō

1. dative masculine singular of Gallus
2. dative neuter singular of Gallus
3. ablative masculine singular of Gallus
4. ablative neuter singular of Gallus

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Spanish

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡaʎo/ [ˈɡa.ʎo]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡaʃo/ [ˈɡa.ʃo]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡaʒo/ [ˈɡa.ʒo]

Proper noun

Gallo m

1. a surname

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaljo/, [ˈɡaːl.jo]

Proper noun

Gallo

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gallo is the 842^th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 11,085 individuals.