[ˈɡalən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a unit of liquid or dry capacity equal to eight pints or 4.55 litres

- a large volume of something
(e.g: gallons of fake blood)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French galon, from the base of medieval Latin galleta, galletum ‘pail, liquid measure’, perhaps of Celtic origin