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/ˈɡɔɫ/
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NOUN
- a Celt of ancient Gaul
- a person of French descent
- an ancient region of western Europe that included what is now northern Italy and France and Belgium and part of Germany and the Netherlands
How To Use Gaul In A Sentence
- He is the leader of a hilarious village of "unsubdued and irksome" Gauls still holding out against Caesar's legions in 50 B.C.
- What can be said of the kingdom of Thrace, set up by the Gauls who had ravaged Macedonia, or of the kingdoms of Pontus, of Bythnia, of Pergamum and of Syria, founded by adventurers after the battle of Ipsus in 301 B.C.? Élie Ducommun - Nobel Lecture
- C.ESAR'S C.MPAIGNS IN GAUL, 58-50 B.C. The story of his career in Gaul has been related by C.esar himself in the famous _C.mmentaries_. Early European History
- French warplanes based in Italy report to NATO's command headquarters in Naples while aircraft flying sorties off the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle report directly to French military commanders in Paris. Political Gridlock at NATO
- You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless. Charles De Gaulle
- The Angles, Saxons, Danes, Frisians and other invaders intermarried with the existing Romano-British Celts, Romans, Jutes, Gauls, Greeks and Lombards.
- “Best keep an eye on goings-on in Gaul,” The Ec0nomist concludes. French 3 strikes law up again on April 29
- It was a combination of towers, palisades, ditches, abatis, and caltrops to slow the attacking Gauls.
- Even if it turns out that General de Gaulle is mortal and he is called upon to deputize for the Almighty, renewal of negotiations would be blocked from the British side. The Economic Consequences of General de Gaulle
- Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in every drop. Charles de Gaulle