Gallia

[ gahl-lee-ah ]

/ ˈgɑl li ɑ /

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noun

Latin name of Gaul.

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Words nearby Gallia

galley, galley proof, galley slave, galley-west, gallfly, Gallia, galliambic, Galliano, galliard, gallic, gallic acid

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How to use Gallia in a sentence

Having obtained his recall to Rome, he stopped on his return in Gallia Transpadana .
History of Julius Caesar Vol. 1 of 2|Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.
The inference was irresistible that Gallia was receding from the sun, and traveling far away across the planetary regions.
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne
Gallia was the word written at the top of every one of them, and Gallia was the first word uttered by him in our hearing.
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne
You mean that in two years after the first shock, Gallia will meet the earth at the same point as they met before?
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne

If the days are only half as long as they were, sixty of them cannot make up a twelfth part of Gallia's year—cannot be a month.
Off on a Comet|Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for Gallia

Gallia

/ (ˈɡælɪə) /

noun

the Latin name of Gaul

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