Γαλλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Gallia. Greeks earlier called Gaul Γαλατία (Galatía), also the name for Galatia. Greeks still call France Γαλλία (Gallía).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ • (Găllĭ́ā) f (genitive Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. Gaul

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ
hē Găllĭ́ā
Genitive τῆς Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱς
tês Găllĭ́ās
Dative τῇ Γᾰλλῐ́ᾳ
tēî Găllĭ́āi
Accusative τὴν Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱν
tḕn Găllĭ́ān
Vocative Γᾰλλῐ́ᾱ
Găllĭ́ā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: Γαλλία (Gallía)
    • → Aromanian: Galii

References

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Γαλλία (Gallía, “Gaul”), borrowed from Latin Gallia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.a/
  • Hyphenation: Γαλ‧λί‧α

Proper noun

Γαλλία • (Gallía) f

  1. France (a country located primarily in Western Europe)

Declension

Declension of Γαλλία
singular
nominative Γαλλία (Gallía)
genitive Γαλλίας (Gallías)
accusative Γαλλία (Gallía)
vocative Γαλλία (Gallía)

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

Descendants

See also

countries in Europe: Χώρες της Ευρώπης (Chóres tis Evrópis) (appendix)edit
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