Gard (ɡaʁ; Gard) is a department in southern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. The department is named after the River Gardon, and the Occitan name of the river has been replacing the French name of the department in recent decades, even among French speakers. == History == The Gard area was settled by the Romans in classical times. It ...[Slavic toponymy] Gard or Gord (archaeology) is a version of the Slavic word meaning town, city or castle, and is preserved in the toponymy of numerous Slavic countries: ...
• (v. & n.) See Guard. • (n.) Garden.
(from the article `Languedoc-Roussillon`) région of France encompassing the southern départements of Lozère, Gard, Hérault, Aude, and Pyrénées-Orientales and roughly coextensive with the ...
Gard noun [ See Garde , Yard ] Garden. [ Obsolete] 'Trees of the gard .' F. Beaumont. Gard v. & noun See Guard .