Gallic
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Gallic is an adjective that may refer to:
- Gaul (Latin: Gallia), an ancient region of Europe roughly corresponding to modern France and parts of surrounding countries but also to the Gauls, the Celtic people of this region, and by extension to the French people
- a gall, a formation induced by a parasite in plants, hence the name gallic acid, for a phenolic compound found in these formations
- Gallium, a chemical element
It may also refer to the following ships:
- SS Gallic (1894), a paddle wheel steamship
- SS Gallic (1918), a cargo steamship
See also
- Gallic Empire, a brief independent realm from AD 260 to AD 273
- Gallic epoch, an obsolete epoch of the Cretaceous
- Gaelic (disambiguation) a sub-group of Celtic languages, history and culture, including Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic
- Galik script, a variation of the traditional Mongolian script
- Gallica (disambiguation)
- Gallicism
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