Gallo

gallo gallò gallo- Gallo- Gällö English + language Etymology en cel cel-gau As an en it - and en es - surname, from the noun es gallo rooster. Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name it Gallo, from en la Gallus a Gaul Gaul. This is sometimes Americanized from en el Γάλλος. Compare en Gallia. As a en br - surname, shortened from en Le Gallo, a diminutive of en Le Gall; compare en Legall. language From en br gall a Gaul or a foreigner, from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from en la Gallus Gaul. Proper noun ~ s es A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language. en countable en. A brand of low-priced California wine. 1981 43 "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets." en 2002 Elmore Leonard Glitz http://books.google.com/books?id=vX9VOZT92iEC&pg=PA1&dq=%22of+Gallo%22+subject:fiction&as_brr=3&ei=l09IR97REZLO7QLOpuyCBw&sig=wtl0nheb6U0mPpOiQvFlBb25i8I#PPA1,M1 1 But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk. en 2003 Rob Loughran High Steaks http://books.google.com/books?id=-ipmtk3LngYC&pg=PA108&dq=%22of+Gallo%22+subject:fiction&as_brr=3&ei=l09IR97REZLO7QLOpuyCBw&sig=-4mntB7ccMjAr1Adn5IEapzFNkk 108 On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey. en 2004 Andrew Hartwood Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave http://books.google.com/books?id=oqWhNDLkpXwC&pg=PA26&dq=%22some+Gallo%22+subject:fiction&as_brr=3&ei=8ExIR6CpJYXy6gL8k831Bg&sig=lbYlxdKGoYmJ4PzSujbxI5dZGcA 26 I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...]. en Little Children 284 Tom Perrotta 2006 "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers. en Damsels in Distress 50 Joan Hess 2007 The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys Related terms en Gallo-Roman Translations Romance language spoken in northwest France Breton: br gallaoueg m Catalan: ca galó m Esperanto: eo galoa, eo galoa lingvo with the definite article eo la French: fr gallo m Gallo: roa-gal galo German: de Gallo n Irish: ga Gallóis f Spanish: es galó m Swedish: sv gallo Anagrams en agllo ALGOL Algol Golla en Languages Italian Alternative forms it Galli surname, central-northern origin Etymology it. It is reminiscent of it la gallus rooster or of la Gallus Gaul. Depending on the region, it could represent the italianization of a local surname; compare, e.g., the scn Gaḍḍu ~ scn Jaḍḍu. Pronunciation Gàllo Proper noun mfbysense it Latin Pronunciation Gallō Adjective la adjective form Gallō la Gallus dat//abl m//n s Slovak Pronunciation Proper noun m-pr Gallová sk m Declension m-pr surn Further reading Spanish Etymology From es gallo rooster. Pronunciation Proper noun mfbysense es Descendants tl Gallo 1 Tagalog Etymology tl :bor es:Gallo + 1 Pronunciation Proper noun + tl Spanish Statistics Gallo 842nd 11,085