Γαλλία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

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

  1. Gaul

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

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Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɣaˈli.a/, [ɣɐˈlˑiɐ]

Proper noun

Γαλλία • (Gallía) f

  1. France (country in Europe)

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

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