gālīl גָּלִיל ‘Galilee’ (Hebrew)

Etymology^?: the same as gālīl גָּלִיל ‘turned / circuit’
Roots: גליל

gālīl pr n loc
Galilee = "circuit, district"
1) a territory in Naphtali largely occupied by heathen; a circuit of towns around Kedesh-Naphtali, in which were situated the 20 towns given by Solomon to Hiram king of Tyre as payment for his work in conveying timber from Lebanon to Jerusalem