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Gallon
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- 2 United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters wordnet
- 3 exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon British, Canada
- 4 a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters wordnet
- 5 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon") US
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- 6 one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon"). US
- 7 A large quantity (of any liquid). in-plural, informal
"The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen."
Etymology
From Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (“liquid measure”) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”), Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “jar, pitcher; measure of liquid”). Related to Old French gille (“wine measure”) (from Medieval Latin gillō (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).
* As an English and French surname, from the personal name Galun, pet form of Galo, a French form of the old Germanic name Walo; see Wale. * Also as an English surname, variant of Gallion.
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