Gaul (redirected from Gauls)

Gaul ¹  (gôl)

n.

1. A Celt of ancient Gaul.

2. A French person.

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Gaul ²  (gôl) Formerly Gal·li·a (gl-ä)

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 b.c.).

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Gaul

Noun

a native of ancient Gaul

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	Gaul - a person of French descent           frog French person, Frenchman, Frenchwoman - a person of French nationality
	2.	Gaul - a Celt of ancient Gaul Celt, Kelt - a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times Galatian - a native or inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor (especially a member of a people believed to have been Gauls who conquered Galatia in the 3rd century BC)
	3.	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 Gallia

Translations

Gaul [gɔːl] n (= country) → Gaule f (= person); Gaulois(e)

Gaul [gɔːl] n → Gallien nt;

(person) → Gallier(in) m(f)