English

Alternative forms

• Galiza

Proper noun

Galicia

1. A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
   • 2000, Glanville Price, Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe, reimpression, illustrated edition, 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).

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Galicia.

Derived terms

• Galician

Translations

See also

• Galicia (Spain) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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 usage examples of this term, see Citations:Galicia.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• Galicia (Central Europe) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Asturian

Alternative forms

• Galiza

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia (Spain)

Related terms

• gallegu

Galician

Alternative forms

• Galiza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia / Galiza (region in Spain)

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈli.θja/, /ɡaˈli.sja/

Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• gallego

Finnish

Noun

galicia

1. Galician (language)

Declension

Synonyms

• galego