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{{wiktionary|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&ndash;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
== See also ==
* [[Gaulish]]
* [[Gallican (disambiguation)|Gallican]]
* [[Galician (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gaelic (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gallium]], a chemical element
* [[Galik script]], a variation of the traditional Mongolian script
* [[Gallica (disambiguation)]]
* [[Gallicism]]
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