Gallic

Gallic is an adjective that may describe:

• ancient Gaul (Latin: Gallia), roughly corresponding to the territory of modern France
• pertaining to the Gauls
• Roman Gaul (1st century BC to 5th century)
• Gallic Empire (260–273)
• Frankish Gaul (5th to 8th centuries)
• A Latinism for France, the French people, and their customs
• Gallic epoch, an obsolete epoch of the Cretaceous
• pertaining to gall, a formation induced by a parasite in plants,
• hence the name gallic acid, for a phenolic compound found in these formations

'Gallic' is also a proper noun naming the following ships:

• , a paddle wheel steamship
• , a cargo steamship

• Gaulish
• Gallican
• Galician (disambiguation)
• Gaelic (disambiguation)
• Gallium, a chemical element
• Galik script, a variation of the traditional Mongolian script
• Gallica (disambiguation)
• Gallicism