Gallaecia

Latin

Alternative forms

• Callaecia
• Gallicia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈlae̯.ki.a/, [ɡälˈlʲäe̯kiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡalˈle.t͡ʃi.a/, [ɡälˈlɛːt͡ʃiä]

Proper noun

Gallaecia f sg (genitive Gallaeciae); first declension

1. Galicia (a former province in northwestern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Gallaecia
Genitive	Gallaeciae
Dative	Gallaeciae
Accusative	Gallaeciam
Ablative	Gallaeciā
Vocative	Gallaecia

Related terms

• Gallaecī
• Gallaecus

Descendants

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