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  • Gallo
    Gallo
    noun
    Robert (Charles), born 1937, U.S. scientist, specializing in cancer and AIDS research.
  • Gallo-
    Gallo-
    a combining form representing Gallic in the formation of compound words.

Gallo

1 American  
[gal-oh] / ˈgæl oʊ /

noun

  1. Robert (Charles), born 1937, U.S. scientist, specializing in cancer and AIDS research.


Gallo- 2 American  
  1. a combining form representing Gallic in the formation of compound words.

    Gallo-Romance.


Gallo- British  
/ ˈɡæləʊ /

combining form

  1. denoting Gaul or France

    Gallo-Roman

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Gallo-

< Latin, equivalent to Gall ( us ) a Gaul + -o-

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They paved the way for modern examples such as Adam Dunn and Joey Gallo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

A minor infelicity is the distractingly busy set by David Gallo.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

Competition is heating up as OpenAI and Anthropic are looking to develop AI-native cybersecurity products, Jefferies analyst Joseph Gallo wrote in a note last week.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

The company is aiming to grow its identity solutions into a comprehensive platform that covers the workforce, customers and now agents, which Jefferies’s Gallo believes will massively expand Okta’s total addressable market.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 14, 2026

Patria and Mate dropped me off in front of the small house on their way to El Gallo.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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