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, Galicja (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, chapter 9, in Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, 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

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

Finnish

Etymology

From Spanish Galicia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlisiɑ/, [ˈɡɑ̝liˌs̠iɑ̝]

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		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Galicia (type kulkija)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Galiciani — accusative nom. Galiciani — gen. Galiciani genitive Galiciani — partitive Galiciaani — inessive Galiciassani — elative Galiciastani — illative Galiciaani — adessive Galiciallani — ablative Galicialtani — allative Galicialleni — essive Galicianani — translative Galiciakseni — instructive — — abessive Galiciattani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Galiciasi — accusative nom. Galiciasi — gen. Galiciasi genitive Galiciasi — partitive Galiciaasi — inessive Galiciassasi — elative Galiciastasi — illative Galiciaasi — adessive Galiciallasi — ablative Galicialtasi — allative Galiciallesi — essive Galicianasi — translative Galiciaksesi — instructive — — abessive Galiciattasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Galiciamme — accusative nom. Galiciamme — gen. Galiciamme genitive Galiciamme — partitive Galiciaamme — inessive Galiciassamme — elative Galiciastamme — illative Galiciaamme — adessive Galiciallamme — ablative Galicialtamme — allative Galiciallemme — essive Galicianamme — translative Galiciaksemme — instructive — — abessive Galiciattamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Galicianne — accusative nom. Galicianne — gen. Galicianne genitive Galicianne — partitive Galiciaanne — inessive Galiciassanne — elative Galiciastanne — illative Galiciaanne — adessive Galiciallanne — ablative Galicialtanne — allative Galiciallenne — essive Galiciananne — translative Galiciaksenne — instructive — — abessive Galiciattanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Galiciansa — accusative nom. Galiciansa — gen. Galiciansa genitive Galiciansa — partitive Galiciaansa — inessive Galiciassaan Galiciassansa — elative Galiciastaan Galiciastansa — illative Galiciaansa — adessive Galiciallaan Galiciallansa — ablative Galicialtaan Galicialtansa — allative Galicialleen Galiciallensa — essive Galicianaan Galicianansa — translative Galiciakseen Galiciaksensa — instructive — — abessive Galiciattaan Galiciattansa — comitative — —

See also

• Galitsia

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/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Galicia f

1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)

Related terms

• galego

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

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^[1]:

     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

 

Further reading

• Galicia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es