Allobroges

English Noun p Allobroge en historical A Gallic people dwelling in a large territory between the Rhône river and the Alps mountains during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Latin Alternative forms la Allobrogas, found in some sections of Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico. Etymology A latinized form of Gaulish *Allobrogis (plural of *Allobrox). It is composed of the Celtic roots 'allo-', see cel-gau allos other, second, cognate with la alius other and en else, ultimately from la ine-pro *h₂élyos other, another and of the root 'brogi-' ('territory, region, march'), which would translate to 'those from another country', exile or stranger. Pronunciation Allobrogēs Proper noun Allobrogēs<3.pl> m A Gaulish tribe, whose territory lay between the Rhodanus and the Isara Declension Allobrogēs<3.pl> Derived terms la Allobrogicus References la Celtic tribes