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Gallus

Pronunciation: [ˈɡal.lʊs]

“Gallus” is a Latin word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)
  2. a Galatian

adjective

  1. Gallic, Gaulish
  2. Galatian

proper noun

  1. A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt.

In Latin

  1. Gallorum vel qui ad Gallos pertinet.
  2. Vir Gallicus; unus ex Gallis.
  3. Quoddam cognomen Romanum.
  4. Geog. flumen Phrygiae et Bithyniaeque, quod hodie Turcis vocatur.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γάλλος (Gállos).

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