# Gallia
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### Proper noun

Gallia f
* France (a country in Western Europe)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Latin Gallia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑlːiɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝lːiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -ɑlːiɑ
* Hyphenation: Gal‧lia

### Proper noun

Gallia
* Gaul (ancient Roman region)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Gallia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Galliani
accusative
nom.
Galliani
gen.
Galliani
genitive
Galliani
partitive
Galliaani
inessive
Galliassani
elative
Galliastani
illative
Galliaani
adessive
Galliallani
ablative
Gallialtani
allative
Gallialleni
essive
Gallianani
translative
Galliakseni
abessive
Galliattani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Galliasi
accusative
nom.
Galliasi
gen.
Galliasi
genitive
Galliasi
partitive
Galliaasi
inessive
Galliassasi
elative
Galliastasi
illative
Galliaasi
adessive
Galliallasi
ablative
Gallialtasi
allative
Galliallesi
essive
Gallianasi
translative
Galliaksesi
abessive
Galliattasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Galliamme
accusative
nom.
Galliamme
gen.
Galliamme
genitive
Galliamme
partitive
Galliaamme
inessive
Galliassamme
elative
Galliastamme
illative
Galliaamme
adessive
Galliallamme
ablative
Gallialtamme
allative
Galliallemme
essive
Gallianamme
translative
Galliaksemme
abessive
Galliattamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gallianne
accusative
nom.
Gallianne
gen.
Gallianne
genitive
Gallianne
partitive
Galliaanne
inessive
Galliassanne
elative
Galliastanne
illative
Galliaanne
adessive
Galliallanne
ablative
Gallialtanne
allative
Galliallenne
essive
Galliananne
translative
Galliaksenne
abessive
Galliattanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Galliansa
accusative
nom.
Galliansa
gen.
Galliansa
genitive
Galliansa
partitive
Galliaansa
inessive
Galliassaan Galliassansa
elative
Galliastaan Galliastansa
illative
Galliaansa
adessive
Galliallaan Galliallansa
ablative
Gallialtaan Gallialtansa
allative
Gallialleen Galliallensa
essive
Gallianaan Gallianansa
translative
Galliakseen Galliaksensa
abessive
Galliattaan Galliattansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* gallialainen

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gallia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡal.lja/
* Rhymes: -allja
* Hyphenation: Gàl‧lia

### Proper noun

Gallia f
* Gaul (a Roman-era region roughly corresponding to modern France and Belgium)

#### Related terms

* gallico
* gallo

### Anagrams

* algali, gallai, gialla

## Latin
### Etymology

From Gallus (“a Gaul”) +‎ -ia. The medieval application to Wales is by conflation.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈɡal.li.a/, [ˈɡälːʲiä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈɡal.li.a/, [ˈɡälːiä]

### Proper noun

Gallia f (genitive Galliae); first declension
* (Classical Latin) the lands of the Gauls; various tribes primarily inhabiting what is now modern-day France and Belgium
** c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.1:Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.Gaul is a whole divided into three parts.
* (Medieval Latin) Alternative spelling of Wallia: {{place|la|a <<medieval principality>> and <<region>> of the <<kingdom:Pref/England>>|t=Wales
* (New Latin) France (a country in Western Europe)

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative.

#### Derived terms

* Gallia Belgica
* Gallia Lugdūnēnsis
* Gallia Narbōnēnsis
* Gallia Trānspadāna
* Trēs Galliae

#### Descendants

* French: Jaille
* → Ancient Greek: Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ (Găllĭ́ā)
** Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
*** → Aromanian: Galii
* → Catalan: Gàl·lia
* → Finnish: Gallia
* → Italian: Gallia
* → Japanese: ガリア
* → Portuguese: Gália
* → Romanian: Galia
* → Spanish: Galia

### References

* “Gallia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Gallia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “Gallia”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC