Gallaecia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Callaecia
• Gallicia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Gallaecī (a tribe in the region).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡalˈlae̯.ki.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡalˈlɛː.t͡ʃi.a]

Proper noun

Gallaecia f sg (genitive Gallaeciae); first declension

1. Galicia (a medieval kingdom in modern northwestern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gallaecia
genitive	Gallaeciae
dative	Gallaeciae
accusative	Gallaeciam
ablative	Gallaeciā
vocative	Gallaecia

Related terms

• Gallaecī
• Gallaecus

Descendants

• Aragonese: Galicia
• Catalan: Galícia
• Corsican: Galizia
• French: Galice
• Italian: Galizia
• Ligurian: Galissia
• Occitan: Galícia
• Old Leonese: Gallizia
  • Mirandese: Galhízia
• Old Galician-Portuguese: Galiza
  • Galician: Galiza, Galicia
  • Portuguese: Galiza
  • Fala: Galicia
  • → Spanish: Galicia^?
  • → Asturian: Galicia^?
• Old Spanish: Gallizia
• Piedmontese: Galissia
• Romanian: Galicia
• Sardinian: Galicia
• Sicilian: Galizzia