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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Gallia. Greeks earlier called Gaul Γαλατία (Galatía), also the name for Galatia. Greeks still call France Γαλλία (Gallía).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡal.lí.aː/ → /ɣalˈli.a/ → /ɣaˈli.a/
Proper noun
Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ • (Gallíā) f (genitive Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- Gaul
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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Γαλλία (Gallía, “Gaul”), borrowed from Latin Gallia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.a/
- Hyphenation: Γαλ‧λί‧α
Proper noun
Γαλλία • (Gallía) f
- France (a country in Western Europe)
Declension
Γαλλία
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nominative
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Γαλλία •
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genitive
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Γαλλίας •
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accusative
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Γαλλία •
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vocative
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Γαλλία •
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Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- Γαλλίδα f (Gallída, “Frenchwoman”)
- γαλλικά n pl (galliká, “French language”)
- γαλλικός (gallikós, “French”, adjective)
- Γάλλος m (Gállos, “Frenchman”)
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