Gallic Explained

Gallic is an adjective that may describe:

• ancient Gaul (Latin: Gallia), roughly corresponding to the territory of modern France
  • pertaining to the Gauls
  • Roman Gaul (1st century BC to 5th century)
  • Gallic Empire (260 - 273)
  • Frankish Gaul (5th to 8th centuries)
  • A Latinism for France, the French people, and their customs
• Gallic epoch, an obsolete epoch of the Cretaceous
• pertaining to gall, a formation induced by a parasite in plants,
  • hence the name gallic acid, for a phenolic compound found in these formations

'Gallic' is also a proper noun naming the following ships:

• , a paddle wheel steamship
• , a cargo steamship

See also

• • Gaulish Gallican
• Galician (disambiguation)
  • Gaelic (disambiguation) Gallium, a chemical element
• Galik script, a variation of the traditional Mongolian script
• Gallica (disambiguation)
• Gallicism