Gallia
See also: gallia and Gàl·lia
Aromanian
Proper noun
Gallia f
- France
Finnish
Etymology
From Latin Gallia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɑlːiɑ/, [ˈɡɑlːiɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑlːiɑ
- Syllabification(key): Gal‧li‧a
Proper noun
Gallia
- Gaul (ancient Roman region)
Declension
| Inflection of Gallia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Gallia | — | |
| genitive | Gallian | — | |
| partitive | Galliaa | — | |
| illative | Galliaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Gallia | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Gallia | — |
| gen. | Gallian | ||
| genitive | Gallian | — | |
| partitive | Galliaa | — | |
| inessive | Galliassa | — | |
| elative | Galliasta | — | |
| illative | Galliaan | — | |
| adessive | Gallialla | — | |
| ablative | Gallialta | — | |
| allative | Gallialle | — | |
| essive | Galliana | — | |
| translative | Galliaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Galliatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Gallia (type kulkija) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Galliani | Galliamme |
| 2nd person | Galliasi | Gallianne |
| 3rd person | Galliansa | |
Derived terms
- gallialainen
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Gallia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡal.lja/
- Rhymes: -allja
- Hyphenation: Gàl‧lia
Proper noun
Gallia f
- Gaul (a Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium)
Related terms
- gallico
- gallo
Anagrams
- algali, gallai, gialla
Latin
Etymology
From gallus (“a Gaul”) + -ia. The medieval application to Wales is by conflation.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.li.a/, [ˈɡälːʲiä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈɡal.li.a/, [ˈɡälːiä]
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Proper noun
Gallia f (genitive Galliae); first declension
- Gaul (i.e. the country of the Gauls; modern-day France and Belgium)
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:
- Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
- Gaul is a whole divided into three parts.
- Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.
- (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of Wallia (“Wales”)
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Gallia | Galliae |
| Genitive | Galliae | Galliārum |
| Dative | Galliae | Galliīs |
| Accusative | Galliam | Galliās |
| Ablative | Galliā | Galliīs |
| Vocative | Gallia | Galliae |
| Locative | Galliae | Galliīs |
Derived terms
- Gallia Belgica
- Gallia Lugdūnēnsis
- Gallia Narbōnēnsis
- Gallia Trānspadāna
- Trēs Galliae
Descendants
- French: Jaille
- → Ancient Greek: Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (Gallíā)
- Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
- → Aromanian: Galii
- Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
- → Catalan: Gàl·lia
- → Finnish: Gallia
- → Italian: Gallia
- → Japanese: ガリア
- → Portuguese: Gália
- → Spanish: Galia
References
- “Gallia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Gallia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Gallia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, OCLC 1369101