Galicia

Galicia

See also: galicia, galícia, and Galícia

English

Alternative forms

• Galiza

Pronunciation

• enPR: gə-lĭs'ē-ə, gə-lĭsh'ə, IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ə/, /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ə/

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• Rhymes: -ɪʃə

Etymology 1

Location of Galicia (red) in Spain.

From Medieval Latin Gallicia, 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, reimpression, illustrated edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, 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 quotations using this term, see Citations:Galicia.

Derived terms

• Galician

Translations

Iberian kingdom, region of Spain

Arabic: Hijazi Arabic: قليسيا‎ f (galīsya) Aragonese: Galicia f Armenian: Գալիսիա (Galisia) Asturian: Galicia (ast), Galiza (ast) Basque: Galizia Breton: Galiza, Galisia, Bro-Spagn (br) Catalan: Galícia f Chinese: Mandarin: 加利西亞／加利西亚 (zh) (Jiālìxīyà) Corsican: Galizia f Czech: Galicie (cs) f Danish: Galicien Dutch: Galicië (nl) f Esperanto: Galegio Finnish: Galicia (fi) French: Galice (fr) f Middle French: Gallice Friulian: Galizie f Galician: Galiza (gl) f, Galicia (gl) f German: Galicien (de) n, Galizien (de) n Hungarian: Galicia (hu) Irish: an Ghailís f Italian: Galizia f Korean: 갈리시아 (ko) (Gallisia) Latin: Gallaecia (la) f, Gallicia f Ligurian: Galissia Occitan: Galícia (oc) f Old Norse: Galiza f, Galizuland n, Jakobsland n Piedmontese: Galissia Polish: Galicia (pl) f Portuguese: Galiza (pt) f, Galícia f Romanian: Galicia Russian: Гали́сия (ru) f (Galísija) Sardinian: Galicia f Serbo-Croatian: Gàlīcija (sh) f Sicilian: Galizzia f Slovak: Galícia f Slovene: Galícija (sl) f Spanish: Galicia (es) Swedish: Galicien (sv) Volapük: Galiziän (vo) West Frisian: Galysje

See also

• Galicia (Spain) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Location of Galicia (red) in Austria-Hungary.

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

Proper noun

Galicia

1. A historical kingdom in 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 quotations using this term, see Citations:Galicia.

Synonyms

• Halychia

Derived terms

• East Galicia
• Eastern Galicia
• Galicia and Lodomeria
• Galicia-Volhynia
• Galician
• West Galicia
• Western Galicia

Translations

historical kingdom in Central Europe

Arabic: غَالِيسْيَا‎ f (ḡālīsyā) Armenian: Գալիցիա (hy) (Galicʿia) Basque: Galitzia Belarusian: Галі́цыя f (Halícyja), Галічына́ f (Haličyná) Bulgarian: Гали́ция f (Galícija) Catalan: Galítzia f Chinese: Mandarin: 加利西亞／加利西亚 (zh) (Jiālìxīyà) Czech: Halič (cs) Danish: Galizien Dutch: Galicië (nl) Estonian: Galiitsia Finnish: Galitsia (fi) French: Galicie (fr) f Galician: Galicia (gl) f Georgian: გალიცია (galicia) German: Galizien (de) n Greek: Γαλικία (el) (Galikía) Hungarian: Gácsország, Galícia (hu), Halics, Kaliz Italian: Galizia Japanese: ガリツィア (Garitsia) Korean: 갈리치아 (Gallichia) Latvian: Galīcija f Lithuanian: Galicija f Macedonian: Гали́ција f (Galícija) Occitan: Galítzia (oc) f Polish: Galicja (pl) f Portuguese: Galícia f Romanian: Galiția, Halici Russian: Гали́ция (ru) f (Galícija), Галичина́ (ru) f (Galičiná) Rusyn: Галичина́ f (Halyčyná) Serbo-Croatian: Gàlīcija (sh) f, Га̀лӣција f Slovak: Halič m Slovene: Galícija (sl) f Sorbian: Upper Sorbian: Galiciska f Spanish: Galitzia Swedish: Galizien Turkish: Galiçya Ukrainian: Галичина́ f (Halyčyná) Volapük: Galizän (vo) Yiddish: גאַליציע‎ f (galitsye)

See also

• Galicia (Central Europe) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Asturian

Alternative forms

• Galiza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈliθja/, [ɡaˈli.θja]

Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• gallegu

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Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Galicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlisiɑ/, [ˈɡɑliˌs̠iɑ]

Proper noun

Galicia

1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Declension

Inflection of Galicia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative		Galicia	—
genitive		Galician	—
partitive		Galiciaa	—
illative		Galiciaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Galicia	—
accusative	nom.	Galicia	—
	gen.	Galician
genitive		Galician	—
partitive		Galiciaa	—
inessive		Galiciassa	—
elative		Galiciasta	—
illative		Galiciaan	—
adessive		Galicialla	—
ablative		Galicialta	—
allative		Galicialle	—
essive		Galiciana	—
translative		Galiciaksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Galiciatta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Galicia (type kulkija)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Galiciani	Galiciamme
2nd person	Galiciasi	Galicianne
3rd person	Galiciansa

See also

• Galitsia

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Galician

Alternative forms

• Galiza

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈliθjɐ/, /ɡaˈlisjɐ/

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Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• galego

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Spanish

Etymology

From Portuguese or Galician Galicia, from Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”). According to Menéndez Pidal, this term replaced Old Spanish Gallizia.[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈliθja/ [ɡaˈli.θja]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈlisja/ [ɡaˈli.sja]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθja
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -isja
• Syllabification: Ga‧li‧cia

Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
   • 2021 January 15, “El IPC cierra el año en negativo en Galicia por primera vez desde 2015”, in La Región‎:

     El IPC cierra el año en negativo en Galicia por primera vez desde 2015

     The consumption price index meets the end of the year in the negative in Galicia for the first time since 2015.

2. a surname

Related terms

• gallego

References

1. Menéndez Pidal, Ramón (1985) Manual Gramática Histórica Española, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, page 26

Further reading

• Galicia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es