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Galícia. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
Galícia, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
Galícia in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
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Catalan
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Galícia f
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
Occitan
Proper noun
Galícia f
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈli.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈli.sjɐ/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈli.si.ɐ/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈli.sjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈli.si.a/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɡaˈli.sja/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallicia. Doublet of Galiza and Galécia.
Proper noun
Galícia f
- (Brazil) Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
- Synonym: Galiza
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Gallitia.
Proper noun
Galícia f
- Galicia (a historical region in Central Europe)
Derived terms
Slovak
Proper noun
Galícia f
- Galicia (an autonomous community of Spain)
Further reading
- “Galícia”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024