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galla

galla is the alternative form of gallu.

Meaning of gallu

Noun

gallu (plural gallu or gallus)

  1. A great demon or devil of the ancient Mesopotamian Underworld.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Galla

Galla

  1. A surname.
  2. A township in Pope County, Arkansas, United States.

Noun capitalized: Galla

Galla pl (plural only)

  1. (dated, offensive, plural, plural-only, proscribed) The Oromo people.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Galla

Galla

  1. (dated, offensive, proscribed) The Oromo language.

Forms of galla

pluralgallas

Origin of galla

* As a Polish, Czech, and Slovak surname, from a personal name derived from Latin Gallus, Gaulus (“a Gaul”), also see Gall. * As an Italian surname, from gallo (“rooster”), or from Medieval Latin galla (“oak apple”), or a spelling variant of Calla, Cala. * As an Arabic and Muslim surname, spelling variant of Kalla.

Borrowed from Somali gaalo (“non-believers”).

Questions about galla

What does galla mean?
Galla means a surname.
What is galla the alternative form of?
Galla is the alternative form of gallu.
What part of speech is galla?
Galla can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near galla in the dictionary

  1. gall-nut inks
  2. gall-nuts
  3. gall-of-the-earth
  4. Gall-Peters projection
  5. Gall.
  6. galla
  7. gallabea
  8. gallabeah
  9. gallabeahs
  10. gallabeas
  11. gallabia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: galla (page history and authors); Galla (page history and authors); gallu (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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