Galicia
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Location of Galicia (red) in Spain.
Location of Galicia (red) in Austria-Hungary.
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- enPR: gə-lĭs'ē-ə, gə-lĭsh'ə, IPA(key): /ɡəˈlɪ.si.ə/, /ɡəˈlɪ.ʃə/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃə
- Hyphenation: Ga‧li‧ci‧a
Etymology 1
From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).
Proper noun
Galicia
- 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
Translations
Iberian kingdom, region of Spain
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See also
Galicia (Spain) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Medieval Latin Gallicia or Gallitia, from Old East Slavic Галичь (Galičĭ, “Halych, a city in present-day Ukraine”), ultimate origin uncertain.
Proper noun
Galicia
- 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
Derived terms
Translations
historical kingdom in Central Europe
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See also
- Galicia (Central Europe) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Asturian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Galicia f
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Galicia
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
Declension
| Inflection of Galicia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | ||||
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| 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 | — | ||
| abessive | Galiciatta | — | ||
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| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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See also
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Medieval Latin Gallicia, from Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a tribe in the region”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Galicia f
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
Related terms
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/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ɡaˈlisja/
- (Spain) Rhymes: -iθja
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -isja
- Syllabification: Ga‧li‧cia
Proper noun
Galicia f
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
- a surname
Related terms
References
- ^ Menéndez Pidal, Ramón (1985) Manual Gramática Histórica Española, Madrid: Espasa-Calpe, page 26
Further reading
- Galicia on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es