Gévaudan

English thumb|right|Gévaudan within Occitania Alternative forms en Gevaudan Etymology en fr Gévaudan, from en oc Gavaudan or oc Gevaudan, from en la Gabalitanus, from la Gabali, ultimately from en cel-gau *Gabli. Pronunciation en Proper noun en historical A former county and historical area in southern France succeeded by the department of Lozère. en Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast Jay M. Smith 2011 Harvard University Press 9780674047167 1 With a physical description that defied belief, and the ability to strike quickly, evade detection, and confound its pursuers, the mysterious beast had attacked and killed dozens of people in and around the remote mountainous region of the Gévaudan in the southern province of Languedoc. Further reading French Etymology fr oc Gavaudan or oc Gevaudan, from fr la Gabalitanus, from la Gabali, ultimately from fr cel-gau *Gabli, named after the Gaulish tribe the Gabales, from the noun cel-gau gabalus gabalos fork. J. Lacroix, « Les noms d'origine gauloise, la Gaule des combats », Errance, Paris, 2003 Pronunciation Proper noun m en Gévaudan Derived terms fr Gévaudanais gévaudanais References