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Gaul

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Noun

1. frog, gaul

a person of French descent

2. gaul

a Celt of ancient Gaul

3. gallia, gaul

an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gaul

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noun
1. 
an ancient region of W Europe corresponding to N Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany, and the S Netherlands: divided into Cisalpine Gaul, which became a Roman province before 100 bc, and Transalpine Gaul, which was conquered by Julius Caesar (58–51 bc)
. Latin name: Gallia
2. 
a native of ancient Gaul
3. 
a French person

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Gaul

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noun
1. 
a member of the Celtic-speaking people of ancient Gaul
2. 
a Frenchman
1. 
ancient region in W Europe, consisting of what is now mainly France & Belgium
: after 5th cent. b.c., also called Transalpine Gaul
2. 
ancient region in N Italy, occupied by the Gauls (4th cent. b.c.)
: in full Cisalpine Gaul
3. 
ancient division of the Roman Empire, including Cisalpine Gaul & Transalpine Gaul (1st-5th cent. a.d.)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Gaul

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n.
1. A Celt of ancient Gaul.
2. A French person.
An ancient region of western Europe south and west of the Rhine River, west of the Alps, and north of the Pyrenees, corresponding roughly to modern-day France and Belgium. The Romans extended the designation to include northern Italy, particularly after Julius Caesar's conquest of the area in the Gallic Wars (58-51 BC).

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