Galicia

See also: galicia, galícia, and Galícia

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • enPR: gə-lĭs'ē-ə, gə-lĭsh'ə, IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ə/, /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ə/
  • (file)
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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).
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  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Galicia.
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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
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Asturian

Alternative forms

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)

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


Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈliθjɐ/, /ɡaˈlisjɐ/
  • (file)

Proper noun

Galicia f

  1. Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)

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

References

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

Further reading

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