Halicia

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ukrainian Га́лич (Hályč), from Old East Slavic Галичь (Galičĭ). Doublet of Galicia.

Proper noun

Halicia f sg (genitive Haliciae); first declension

1. (New Latin) Halych (a city in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine)
   • 1581, Alexander Guagnini, Sarmatiae Europeae descriptio, quae regnum Poloniae, Lituaniam, Samogitiam, Russiam, Massoviam, Prussiam, Pomeraniam, Livoniam, et Moschoviae, Tartariaeque partem complectitur [Description of European Sarmatia, Which Encompasses the Kingdom of Poland, Lithuania, Samogitia, Russia, Mazovia, Prussia, Pomerania, Livonia, Muscovy, and Part of Tartary], folio 39v:

     Halicia ciuitas lignea ampliſsima antiquitus condita

     Halych, a most esteemed wooden city founded in antiquity

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Halicia
Genitive	Haliciae
Dative	Haliciae
Accusative	Haliciam
Ablative	Haliciā
Vocative	Halicia

Derived terms

• Haliciensis