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