Gaul

[ gawl ]

noun

1. an ancient region in W Europe, including the modern areas of N Italy, France, Belgium, and the S Netherlands: consisted of two main divisions, one part S of the Alps Cisalpine Gaul and another part N of the Alps Transalpine Gaul.
2. Latin Gallia. a province of the ancient Roman Empire, including the territory corresponding to modern France, Belgium, the S Netherlands, Switzerland, N Italy, and Germany W of the Rhine.
3. an inhabitant of the ancient region of Gaul.
4. a native or inhabitant of France.

Gaul

/ ɡɔːl /

noun

1. an ancient region of W Europe corresponding to N Italy, France, Belgium, part of Germany, and the S Netherlands: divided into Cisalpine Gaul, which became a Roman province before 100 bc , and Transalpine Gaul, which was conquered by Julius Caesar (58–51 bc ) Latin nameGallia
2. a native of ancient Gaul
3. a Frenchman

Example Sentences

To that end, in this article, we have mainly focused on the ancient Celtic gods and goddesses of Ireland and Gaul, with the former having its distinct mythical narrative preserved in part by medieval Irish literature.

From Realm of History

Like Caesar's Gaul, all progressive American Zionists and their organizations are divided into three parts.

From The Daily Beast

“Rubicon” refers to the river in northeastern Italy that divided the Roman Republic from Gaul.

From The Daily Beast

“Everything is very mathematical in derivatives, and it is pure math, even though we say it is applied mathematics,” says Gaul.

From The Daily Beast

They actually put together financial products based on the models developed by the quants, and Gaul was one of them.

From The Daily Beast

The traders manage the risk,” says Gaul, “and they tend to have similar backgrounds to the quants.

From The Daily Beast

Barter was common, and there must have been facilities for the distribution of those goods which had their origin in Gaul.

From Project Gutenberg

The history of the Count of Plouernel is that of all these seigneurs who issued from the race of the first conquerors of Gaul.

From Project Gutenberg

A large number of Frankish seigneurs seized in the same way other parts of the territory of Gaul.

From Project Gutenberg

The seigneurs imposed servitude, the friars preached resignation, and the people of Gaul became cowardly, selfish and cruel.

From Project Gutenberg

This cantonal system closely resembles that which we find in Gaul.

From Project Gutenberg