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GAUL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 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:

Nouns denoting people

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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