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Gallic

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