Galicia

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Pronunciation

• enPR: gə-lĭs'ē-ə, gə-lĭsh'ə, IPA: /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ə/, /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ə/, SAMPA: /g@"lIs.i.@, /g@"lIS.@/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃə

Etymology 1

Location of Galicia (red) in Spain.

From Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).

Proper noun

Galicia

1. A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
   • 2000, Glanville Price, Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe, edition reimpression, illustrated, Wiley-Blackwell, ISBN 9780631220398, page 367:

     There is sometimes a further subdivision of the Old Portuguese period into a Galician-Portuguese period (origins to 1350), during which the linguistic and cultural unity of Galicia and Portugal remained strong, and the Old Portuguese period proper (1350–1540).

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Derived terms

• Galician

Translations

Iberian kingdom, region of Spain

Aragonese: Galicia (an) f. Asturian: Galicia (ast), Galiza Catalan: Galícia (ca) f. Corsican: Galizia (co) f. Croatian: Gàlīcija (hr) f. Czech: Galicie (cs) f. Esperanto: Galegio (eo) Finnish: Galicia (fi) French: Galice (fr) f. Galician: Galiza (gl) f., Galicia (gl) f. Italian: Galizia (it) f. Latin: Gallaecia (la) f., Gallicia (la) f.

Ligurian: Galissia (lij) Occitan: Galícia (oc) f. Old Norse: Galiza f., Jakobsland n. Piedmontese: Galissia (pms) Polish: Galicia (pl) f. Portuguese: Galiza (pt) f., Galícia (pt) Romanian: Galicia (ro) Russian: Галисия (ru) (Galisiya) f. Sardinian: Galicia (sc) Sicilian: Galizzia (scn) Spanish: Galicia (es) Volapük: Galiziän (vo)

See also

• Galicia (Spain) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Galicia (Spain)

Etymology 2

Location of Galicia (red) in Austria-Hungary.

Hungarian Medieval Latin *Gallicia or Gallitia, from Old East Slavic Галич (Galič, “Halych, a city in present-day Ukraine”), ultimate origin uncertain.

Proper noun

Galicia

1. A historical kingdom of Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.
   • 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, chapter 9, page 175

     The czar had declared the "liberation" of the Ukrainian minorities inhabiting the eastern portion of the Austrian imperial province of Galicia, the Austrian portion of partitioned Poland, to be one of Russia's objectives.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Derived terms

East Galicia Eastern Galicia Galicia-Volhynia

Galician West Galicia Western Galicia

Translations

historical kingdom in Central Europe

Catalan: Galítzia (ca) f. Croatian: Gàlīcija (hr) f. Czech: Halič (cs) Danish: Galizien (da) Dutch: Galicië (nl) Estonian: Galiitsia (et) Finnish: Galitsia (fi) French: Galicie (fr) f. German: Galizien (de) Hungarian: Gácsország (hu), Galicia (hu), Halics (hu) Italian: Galizia (it) Latin: Galicia (la) f.

Polish: Galicja (pl) f. Portuguese: Galícia (pt) Romanian: Galiția (ro), Halici (ro) Russian: Галиция (ru) (Galitsiya) Slovene: Galicija (sl) Spanish: Galitzia (es) Swedish: Galizien (sv) Turkish: Galiçya (tr) Ukrainian: Галичина (uk) (Halychyná) f. Volapük: Galizän (vo) Yiddish: גאַליציען (yi) (Galitsyen), גאַליציע (yi) (Galitsie) f.

See also

• Galicia (Central Europe) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Galicia (Central Europe)

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Galician

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Alternative forms

• Galiza

Etymology

From Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Proper noun

Galicia f.

1. Galicia / Galiza (region in Spain)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡaˈli.θja/, /ɡaˈli.sja/

Proper noun

Galicia f.

1. Galicia (region in Spain)