The gallon is a unit of volume in the imperial unit system with the symbol gal.
1 British imperial gallon is defined as 4.54609 litres or 277.4194 in³.
The term gallon derives directly from the Old Northern French term 'galun' which means 'liquid measure'. The origin of the word prior to this is still unknown. It originated as the base of the system for measuring wine and beer in the UK and has now been adopted across the world and there are similar versions in the US and associated states (although they measure slightly differently).
The US dry gallon is a unit of volume in the US customary unit system with the symbol dry gal.
The dry gallon is equal to 268.8025 in³ or 4.404 L.
The US dry gallon is not used anywhere any more - the unit below is the dry pint and the unit above is the bushel.