Gallo

proper nounattested in dialogue

A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.

proper noun

1
A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
2
A surname.
3
A brand of low-priced California wine.
"A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."
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.
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.
I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].

Etymology

* As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”). * Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia. * As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall. * (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

Forms

plural: Gallos, Galloes

Gallery · A surname from Irish.galley · A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse…Galley · A surname.

Gallo · A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.

gallon · A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints Gallon · A surname.galloping · Movement at a gallop.

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