Synonyms:
Gaul, Gallia
Meaning: 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:
Gaul
Meaning: a Celt of ancient Gaul
Synonyms:
frog, Gaul
Meaning: a person of French descent
Usage examples
Hannibal, whose business it is to get into Italy from Gaul, sets about blasting the Alps.
At one time the center was in Italy, at another in Gaul, and, at still another, it was in Britain or Ireland or Germany.
Mellitus and Justus accordingly went away first, and withdrew into the parts of Gaul, intending there to await the event.
Among the first convent schools to achieve distinction were those of Arles and Poitiers in Gaul, in the latter part of the sixth century.
QUINCES.--The environs of Corinth originally produced the most beautiful quinces, but the plant was subsequently introduced into Gaul with the most perfect success.
Thus the Vandals ruled Africa; the Alans and Visigoths, Spain; while the Franks and Burgundians not only took Gaul, but each gave their name to the part they occupied; hence one is called France, the other Burgundy.
After this victory, Alaric died, and his successor, Astolphus, having married Placidia, sister of the emperors, agreed with them to go to the relief of Gaul and Spain, which provinces had been assailed by the Vandals, Burgundians, Alans, and Franks, from the causes before mentioned.
Then another cart came by at the same pace, but the occupant of the throne was not old like the others, but a man stalwart and robust, and of a forbidding countenance, who as he came up said in a voice far hoarser and more devilish, "I am the enchanter Archelaus, the mortal enemy of Amadis of Gaul and all his kindred," and then passed on.