Γαλλία

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡal.lí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈli.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣalˈli.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣalˈli.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣaˈli.a/

Proper noun

Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ • (Gallíā) f (genitive Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

Gaul

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ hē Gallíā
Genitive	τῆς Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς tês Gallíās
Dative	τῇ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾳ têi Gallíāi
Accusative	τὴν Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱν tḕn Gallíān
Vocative	Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ Gallíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
- → Aromanian: Galii

References

Γαλλία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)

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

case \ number	singular
nominative	Γαλλία •
genitive	Γαλλίας •
accusative	Γαλλία •
vocative	Γαλλία •

Coordinate terms

Παρίσι n (Parísi, “Paris”)

Derived terms

Γαλλίδα f (Gallída, “Frenchwoman”)
γαλλικά n pl (galliká, “French language”)
γαλλικός (gallikós, “French”, adjective)
Γάλλος m (Gállos, “Frenchman”)

Descendants

→ Aromanian: Galii

Γαλλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Inflection

Descendants

References

Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Declension

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading