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GAUL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Gallia; Gaul
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
geographic area; geographic region; geographical area; geographical region (a demarcated area of the Earth)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A Celt of ancient Gaul
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gaul" is a kind of...):
Celt; Kelt (a member of a European people who once occupied Britain and Spain and Gaul prior to Roman times)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Gaul"):
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))
Derivation:
Gallic (of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person of French descent
Synonyms:
frog; Gaul
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("Gaul" is a kind of...):
French person; Frenchman; Frenchwoman (a person of French nationality)
Derivation:
Gallic (of or pertaining to France or the people of France)
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