Gallic

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Gallic is an adjective that may refer to:

• Gaul, from which the name derives, a region of Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and parts of the Netherlands and Germany
• Roman Gaul, a Roman province in Gaul
• The Gallic Empire, a brief independent realm from AD 260 to AD 273
• The Gaulish language, a Celtic language spoken in Gaul prior to the Roman conquest
• The Francophone world, especially
  • France
  • the French people
• An obsolete epoch of the Cretaceous, encompassing the Barremian, Aptian, Albian, Cenomanian and Turonian faunal stages.

As an uncapitalized adjective, gallic may refer to:

• gall
• gallic acid