/ ˈgæliəm; NAmE / noun
[ U ] ( symb Ga ) a chemical element. Gallium is a soft silver-white metal.
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WORD ORIGIN
late 19th cent.: modern Latin , from Latin Gallia France or gallus cock; named (either patriotically or as a translation of his own name) by Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838–1912), the French chemist who discovered it in 1875.