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Transalpine Gaul

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Transalpine Gaul

noun
See under Gaul (def. 1).
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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.
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Transalpine Gaul
 
n
(in the ancient world) that part of Gaul northwest of the Alps

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Gaul
1563, from Fr. Gaule, from L. Gallia, from Gallus "a Gaul."
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