# Gallo
## English
### Etymology

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”).
* Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia.
* As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall.
* (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

### Proper noun

Gallo (countable and uncountable, plural Gallos or Galloes)
* A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
* (countable) A surname.
* A brand of low-priced California wine.
** 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 2, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 43:"A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."
** 2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz‎, page 1:But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.
** 2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks‎, page 108:On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.
** 2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave‎, page 26:I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].
** 2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284:"I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.
** 2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50:The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys

#### Related terms

* Gallo-Roman

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* ALGOL, Algol, Golla

## Latin
### Adjective

Gallō
* dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of Gallus

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡalɔ]

### Proper noun

Gallo m pers (female equivalent Gallová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Gallo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From the noun gallo (“rooster”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈɡaʎo/ [ˈɡa.ʎo]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡaʃo/ [ˈɡa.ʃo]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡaʒo/ [ˈɡa.ʒo]
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Rhymes: -aʝo
* Rhymes: -aʎo
* Rhymes: -aʃo
* Rhymes: -aʒo
* Syllabification: Ga‧llo

### Proper noun

Gallo m or f by sense
* a surname

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaljo/ [ˈɡal.jo]
* Rhymes: -aljo
* Syllabification: Gal‧lo

### Proper noun

Gallo (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)
* a surname from Spanish

#### Statistics

* According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gallo is the 842nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 11,085 individuals.