Definition of gaul Gaul

/gɔˈl/ - [gol] - Gaul

We found 11 definitions of gaul from 8 different sources.

What does gaul mean?

Noun
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
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
gaul - a person of French descent
		frog, Gaul
		french person, frenchman, frenchwoman a person of French nationality

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gaul (n.)
The Anglicized form of Gallia, which in the time of the Romans included France and Upper Italy (Transalpine and Cisalpine Gaul).
gaul (n.)
A native or inhabitant of Gaul.

gaul
A region of Western Europe during the Iron Age and Roman era, encompassing present day France, Luxembourg and Belgium, most of Switzerland, the western part of Northern Italy, as well as the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine.

gaul
gawl, n. a name of ancient France: an inhabitant of Gaul.—adj. Gaul′ish. [Fr.,—L. Gallus; perh. conn. with A.S. wealh, foreign.]

gaul
The ancient name of France and Belgium. The natives, termed by the Greeks Galatæ, by the Romans Galli or Celtæ, came originally from Asia, and invading Eastern Europe, were driven westward, and settled in Spain, North Italy, France and Belgium, and the British Isles.

Gaul ("Latin:" Gallia) was the name given in ancient times to the area of Western Europe that included northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river.

In English, the word "Gaul" ("French: "Gaulois) may also mean a Celtic inhabitant of that region, although the expression may be used for all ancient speakers of the Gaulish language as well. In this way, "Gaul" and "Celt" are sometimes used in the same sense.

Gauls under Brennus attacked Rome with the Battle of the Allia (390 BC).