髙盧

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ごう
Hyōgai

Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative forms

  • (nonstandard) ガッリア (garria)

Etymology

The kanji are ateji (当て字), from Mandarin 髙盧 / 髙卢 (Gaul). Derived from English Gaul

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞ːɾɯ̟]

Proper noun

髙盧(ゴウル) • (Gōru

  1. (history) obsolete spelling of ガリア (Garia): (chiefly historical) Gaul (a historical region of Western Europe referring to areas occupied by Celts during Roman times, roughly corresponding to modern France, Luxembourg, Belgium, most of Switzerland, and parts of Northern Italy (Lombardy), the Netherlands, and Germany west of the Rhine)