Gaal

English

Proper noun

Gaal (plural Gaals)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Gaal is the 27331st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 884 individuals. Gaal is most common among White (85.86%) individuals.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as gala in 1174. Etymology unknown. Proposed etymologies include a derivation from a compound hydronym formed from either Proto-Germanic *galan (“sing, rage”) or gal (“bile, yellow”) and aa (“water, river”) or from Proto-Germanic *alha- (“homestead, farmstead”) prefixed with the collectivising prefix ga-. Compare Galder, Maasniel and Middegaal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣaːl/
  • Hyphenation: Gaal
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Proper noun

Gaal n

  1. a hamlet in Maashorst, North Brabant, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Proper noun

Gaal n (proper noun, genitive Gaals or (optionally with an article) Gaal)

  1. a municipality of Styria, Austria
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