English Explanatory Dictionary

Galician

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, from or relating to Galicia, Spain.
  2. Of or pertaining to the Galician language.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Galicia, Spain.
  2. The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula.
adj
  1. Of, from or relating to Galicia, a geographic region in Poland and Ukraine.
noun
  1. A native or inhabitant of Galicia, a geographic region in Poland and Ukraine.

Pronunciation

gə-lĭs'ē-ən gə-lĭsh'ən /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/ /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/ en-us-Galician-2.ogg en-us-Galician.ogg

Word forms

Galician more Galician most Galician Galicians

Etymology

From Galicia (“region in northwest Spain”) + -an.

Synonyms

Galizan Gallegan

Related words

Wiktionary’s coverage of Galician terms

Derived words

Old Galician-Portuguese
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