Bellovaci

English Noun p en historical A Belgic tribe inhabiting the modern Picardy region, near the present-day city of Beauvais, during the Iron Age and the Roman period. en Tribes Celtic tribes Latin Etymology la cel-gau -/la cel - name, possibly from la cel-pro *bellos speak, roar (<< la ine-pro *bʰel-) + cel-pro *wakos curved(?), empty, which is related to cel-pro *wāstos and the second element of la Segovax. Or, possibly a Roman exonym from la bellum war + la vacuus empty, though this is unattested. Pronunciation Bellovacī Proper noun Bellovacī<2> m A tribe of Gallia Belgica, whose capital was Caesaromagus Declension Bellovacī<2> References Celtic Culture: A-Celti (2006) la Tribes Celtic tribes