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Source: 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:

SS Gallic (1894), a paddle wheel steamship
SS Gallic (1918), a cargo steamship