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Volcae

Volcae noun: a Gallic tribal confederation that invaded Macedonia c. 270 BC and fought the assembled Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC.

Noun

Volcae pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) A Gallic tribal confederation that invaded Macedonia c. 270 BC and fought the assembled Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC.

Questions about Volcae

What does Volcae mean?
Volcae means a Gallic tribal confederation that invaded Macedonia c. 270 BC and fought the assembled Greeks at the Battle of Thermopylae in 279 BC.
What part of speech is Volcae?
Volcae is a noun.

Words near Volcae in the dictionary

  1. volazocine
  2. volborthellid
  3. volborthellids
  4. volborthite
  5. volborthites
  6. Volcae
  7. volcan
  8. volcan-
  9. Volcanalia
  10. volcanello
  11. volcanellos

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