Editing Gaular (section)

===Name===
The municipality (originally the [[prestegjeld|parish]]) was named ''Indre Holmedal'', after the old ''[[Holmedal]]'' farm ({{langx|non|Hǫlmudalr}}) since the first [[Holmedal Church]] was built there. The meaning of the first element of Holmedal is uncertain, but it may have been an old name for a local river, {{lang|non|Holma}}. It is unknown what the river name meant. The last element is derived from the word {{wikt-lang|non|dalr}} which means "[[valley]]" or "dale". The prefix {{wikt-lang|no|indre}} (which means "inner") was added to distinguish the area from its neighbor, [[Fjaler|Ytre Holmedal]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=287 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>

On 16 October 1911, a [[royal decree|royal resolution]] changed the name of the municipality to ''Gaular'', reviving an old name for the area.<ref>{{Cite journal |year=1911 |title=Norsk Lovtidende. 2den Afdeling. 1911. Samling af Love, Resolutioner m.m |url=https://www.nb.no/items/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2015102381017_001 |journal=[[Norsk Lovtidend]] |language=no |location=Oslo, Norway |publisher=Grøndahl og Søns Boktrykkeri |page=554}}</ref> The new name is the [[plural]] form of the word {{lang|non|Gaul}} which is the old name for the river [[Gaula (Sogn og Fjordane)|Gaula]]. The old name of the river is related to the word {{wikt-lang|non|gaula}} which means "to [[Bellow (sound)|bellow]]" or "to [[Howl (sound)|howl]]", likely referring to the sound of the river.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rygh |first=Oluf |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lN1LAQAAIAAJ |title=Norske gaardnavne: Nordre Bergenhus amt |date=1919 |publisher=W. C. Fabritius & sønners bogtrikkeri |edition=12 |location=Kristiania, Norge |page=307 |language=no |authorlink=Oluf Rygh}}</ref>  {{See also|Fjaler#Name}}