Gaul

American  

[gawl] / gɔl /

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 British  

/ ɡɔːl /

noun

1. Latin name: Gallia.  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 )

2. a native of ancient Gaul

3. a Frenchman

---

Example Sentences

The layout of the buildings is highly unusual, with no known parallels in the Roman provinces of Germania or Gaul.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Mr Gaul says that reducing the council's reliance on private special schools, and the "enormous" costs involved, will allow more funding to go into mainstream schools.

From BBC • Nov. 24, 2025

Even so, Ms. Gaul argues, it stands for “maternal lines of knowledge” that persist today despite “the innovations and ruptures of modernization,” continuing to shape what will “taste Egyptian” to real Egyptians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

More specifically, they’re after a young man named Haskell Gaul, whom Zedlacher claims is a time traveler.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Lucius and Fulvia headed for Gaul to organize some of Mark Antony’s soldiers stationed there.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby