adj
Meaning 1
Of, from or relating to Galicia, Spain.
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Standard Lemma guide
Galician
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gə-lĭs'ē-ən
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gə-lĭsh'ən
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/ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/
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/ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/
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rhymes with -ɪʃən
adj
Meaning 2
Of or pertaining to the Galician language.
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adj
Meaning 3
Of, from or relating to Galicia, a geographic region in Poland and Ukraine.
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noun
Meaning 4
A native or inhabitant of Galicia, Spain.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
A native or inhabitant of Galicia, a geographic region in Poland and Ukraine.
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noun
Meaning 7
a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Romance, Romance language, Latinian language
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English Galicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galician From Galicia (“region in northwest Spain”) + -an.
Etymology tree English Galicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galician From Galicia (“region in Central Europe (Etymology 2)”) + -an.
Across languages
Translations
159 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: Galicies — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Basque: galiziar — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Catalan: gallec — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Catalan: gallega — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 (Jiālìxīyǎrén) — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Czech: galicijský — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Danish: galicisk — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Dutch: Galicisch — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Finnish: galicialainen — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- French: galicien — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- West-Frisian: Galisysk — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Friulian: galizian — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Galician: galego — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Georgian: გალისიური (galisiuri) — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Georgian: გალისიის (galisiis) — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- German: galicisch — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- German: galizisch — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Icelandic: galisískur — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Interlingua: galego — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Italian: galiziano — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Limburgish: Gallesisj — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Norwegian Bokmål: galicisk — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Norwegian Bokmål: galisisk — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Polish: galicyjski — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Polish: galisyjski — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Portuguese: galego — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Romanian: galician — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Russian: галиси́йский (galisíjskij) — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Spanish: gallego — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Spanish: galaico — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Swedish: galicisk — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Tagalog: Galiyego — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Tagalog: Galyego — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Volapük: galegik — pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
- Afrikaans: Galicies — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞人的 /加利西亚人的 (Jiālìxīyǎrén de) — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Danish: galicisk — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Finnish: galicialainen — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Galician: galego — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Georgian: გალისიური (galisiuri) — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Italian: galiziano — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Norwegian Bokmål: galicisk — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Norwegian Bokmål: galisisk — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Spanish: gallego — pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
- Afrikaans: Galicies — pertaining to the Galician language
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞語的 /加利西亚语的 (Jiālìxīyǎyǔ de) — pertaining to the Galician language
- Danish: galicisk — pertaining to the Galician language
- Finnish: galegonkielinen — pertaining to the Galician language
- Finnish: galiciankielinen — pertaining to the Galician language
- Galician: galego — pertaining to the Galician language
- Georgian: გალისიური (galisiuri) — pertaining to the Galician language
- Italian: galiziano — pertaining to the Galician language
- Norwegian Bokmål: galicisk — pertaining to the Galician language
- Norwegian Bokmål: galisisk — pertaining to the Galician language
- Portuguese: galego — pertaining to the Galician language
- Spanish: gallego — pertaining to the Galician language
- Afrikaans: Galicies — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞的 /加利西亚的 (Jiālìxīyǎ de) — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Czech: haličský — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Danish: galicisk — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Finnish: galitsialainen — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Norwegian Bokmål: galicisk — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Norwegian Bokmål: galisisk — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Pannonian Rusyn: галицки (halicki) — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Polish: galicyjski — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Russian: галицийский (galicijskij) — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Russian: галицкий (galickij) — pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
- Afrikaans: Galiciër — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Afrikaans: Galiciërs — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Basque: galiziar — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Breton: Galizad — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Breton: Galizadez — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 (Jiālìxīyǎrén) — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Czech: Galicijec — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Dutch: Galiciër — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Dutch: Galicische — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Esperanto: galego — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Esperanto: galiciano — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Esperanto: galegino — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Esperanto: galicianino — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Finnish: galicialainen — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- French: Galicien — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- French: Galicienne — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Galician: galego — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Galician: galega — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Georgian: გალისიელი (galisieli) — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- German: Galicier — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- German: Galicierin — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- German: Galizier — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- German: Galizierin — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Japanese: ガリシア人 (Garishia-jin) — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Lithuanian: gali̇̀sas — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Lithuanian: gali̇̀sė — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Norwegian Bokmål: galicier — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Norwegian Bokmål: galisier — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Polish: Galicjanin — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Polish: Galicjanka — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Portuguese: galego — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Romanian: galician — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Romanian: galiciană — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Russian: галиси́ец (galisíjec) — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Russian: галиси́йка (galisíjka) — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Spanish: gallego — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Tagalog: Galiyego — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Tagalog: Galyego — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Turkish: Galiçyalı — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Volapük: galegan — person(s) from Galicia, Spain
- Afrikaans: Galicies — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Armenian: գալիսիերեն (galisieren) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Armenian: գալյեգո (galyego) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Armenian: գալիսիական բարբառ (galisiakan barbaṙ) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Basque: galiziera — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Breton: galizeg — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Catalan: gallec — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞語 /加利西亚语 (Jiālìxīyǎyǔ) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Czech: galicijština — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Danish: galicisk — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Dutch: Galicisch — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Finnish: galego — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Finnish: galicia — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- French: galicien — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Galician: galego — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Georgian: გალისიური (galisiuri) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Georgian: გალისიური ენა (galisiuri ena) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- German: Galizisch — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- German: Galicisch — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Interlingua: galego — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Italian: gallego — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Italian: galiziano — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Japanese: ガリシア語 (Garishia-go) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Korean: 갈리시아어 (gallisia'eo) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Latin: lingua gallaeca — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Navajo: Galego Dineʼé bizaad — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Norwegian Bokmål: galisisk — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Norwegian Bokmål: galicisk — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: galisisk — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Polish: galicyjski — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Portuguese: galego — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Romanian: limba galiciană — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Romanian: galiciană — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Russian: галиси́йский (galisíjskij) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Scots: Galician — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Slovak: galícijčina — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Slovene: galicijščina — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Spanish: gallego — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Swahili: Kigalicia — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Swedish: galiciska — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Tigrinya: ጋለቪኛ (galäviña) — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Turkish: Galiçyaca — Romance language spoken in Galicia
- Afrikaans: Galiciër — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Chinese Mandarin: 加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 (Jiālìxīyǎrén) — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Czech: Haličan — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Finnish: galitsialainen — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Pannonian Rusyn: Галичан (Haličan) — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Pannonian Rusyn: Галичанка (Haličanka) — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Polish: Galicjanin — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Polish: Galicjanka — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Yiddish: גאַליציאַנער (galitsyaner) — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
- Yiddish: גאַליציאַנערין (galitsyanerin) — inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
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