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Latvian
Etymology
From Latin Gallia (“Gaul”), named by its discoverer Lecoq. It was claimed that Lecoq had named the element after himself, since gallus is the Latin translation of the French le coq, but Lecoq denied this in an article of 1877.
Pronunciation
Noun
gallijs m (1st declension)
- gallium (metallic chemical element, with atomic number 31)
- gallija kristāls ― gallium crystals
Declension
Declension of gallijs (1st declension)