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Galician en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭsh'ən
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭs'ē-ən
• /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Galicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galician From Galicia (“region in northwest Spain”) + -an.

Meanings

1. Of, from or relating to Galicia, Spain.
   • "I have been asked over by Dr. Maupuis of the Institut Métapsychique to see some of the experiments which he is conducting upon a Galician medium." 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
   • The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the Galician coast and the Bay of Biscay. 2009, D. R. Green, Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies, page 107:
   • The "entierro de la sardina," the burial of the sardine, is a Galician custom popular in many villages on Ash Wednesday. 1999, [1882], Emilia Pardo Bazán, translated by Walter Borenstein, The Tribune of the People, page 253:
2. Of or pertaining to the Galician language.
   • This vowel is similar to the Catalan sound in the words Jordi or sola and to the Galician sound in the words ola or po. 2009, Eva Estebas Vilaplana, Teach yourself English pronunciation, page 18:

Forms

Translations (56)

af Galicies (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · ia galego (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · fy Galisysk (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · ka გალისიური (pertaining to the Galician language) · pt galego (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · tl Galiyego (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · nb galisisk (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · it galiziano (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · it galiziano (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · es gallego (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · nb galicisk (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · sv galicisk (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · da galicisk (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · cmn 加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · de galicisch (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · af Galicies (pertaining to the Galician language) · de galizisch (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · ru галиси́йский (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · es gallego (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · af Galicies (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · cs galicijský (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · fr galicien (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · pl galisyjski (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · cmn 加利西亞語的 /加利西亚语的 (pertaining to the Galician language) · it galiziano (pertaining to the Galician language) · pt galego (pertaining to the Galician language) · da galicisk (pertaining to the Galician language) · nl Galicisch (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · gl galego (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · ka გალისიის (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · li Gallesisj (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · fi galiciankielinen (pertaining to the Galician language) · es gallego (pertaining to the Galician language) · fi galicialainen (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · nb galisisk (pertaining to the Galician language) · fi galicialainen (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · ka გალისიური (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · nb galisisk (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · ka გალისიური (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · ca gallega (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · gl galego (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · tl Galyego (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · fur galizian (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · ca gallec (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · is galisískur (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · es galaico (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · vo galegik (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · cmn 加利西亞人的 /加利西亚人的 (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · gl galego (pertaining to the Galician language) · nb galicisk (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · nb galicisk (pertaining to the Galician language) · ro galician (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · pl galicyjski (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia) · fi galegonkielinen (pertaining to the Galician language) · da galicisk (pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia) · eu galiziar (pertaining to Galicia in Iberia)

Galician en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭsh'ən
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭs'ē-ən
• /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Galicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galician From Galicia (“region in northwest Spain”) + -an.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A native or inhabitant of Galicia, Spain.
   • The little Galician was sitting nibbling a biscuit with a glass of red wine before him. 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
   • In Argentina, too, there is a community of Welsh-speakers. Similarly some Galicians, Catalans and Basques have retained their mother tongues in ways that had they remained, respectively in the United Kingdom or Spain, might have been more difficult to do. 2000, Clare Mar-Molinero, The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World, page 52:
   • The Portuguese claim that a Galician would never be generous, as a Portuguese would. On their side, the Galicians tell the story of the Portuguese who invites some Galicians to dinner and then gives his guests very little to eat. 2000, Ethnologia Europaea, 30 (2): 52:
2. (uncountable) The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula.
   • Rosalia de Castro became a crucial element in this early nationalist cultural campaign: she spoke Galician as her first language and she was literate, educated, and sympathetic to the group's progressive aims. 1998, Catherine Davies, Spanish Women's Writing, 1849-1996, page 63:

Forms

Deriveds

Old Galician-Portuguese

Relateds

Wiktionary’s coverage of Galician terms

Synonyms

Galizan (inhabitant of Galicia) · Gallegan · Gallegan (inhabitant of Galicia) · Galizan

Translations (82)

nv Galego Dineʼé bizaad (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · af Galiciërs (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · br galizeg (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · nb galicisk (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ro limba galiciană (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · sw Kigalicia (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · gl galego (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · hy գալիսիերեն (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · pl Galicjanka (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · pt galego (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · de Galicier (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · pt galego (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · af Galiciër (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · it gallego (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · fi galicia (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ja ガリシア人 (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · eo galicianino (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · gl galego (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ja ガリシア語 (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · sl galicijščina (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · nb galisier (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · es gallego (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · eu galiziera (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · nl Galiciër (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · cmn 加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · ru галиси́ец (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · eo galego (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · ti ጋለቪኛ (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · de Galicierin (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · nl Galicisch (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · tr Galiçyalı (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · sco Galician (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ro galician (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · tr Galiçyaca (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ka გალისიელი (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · eo galegino (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · cmn 加利西亞語 /加利西亚语 (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ro galiciană (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · eo galiciano (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · da galicisk (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ru галиси́йский (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · af Galicies (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · fi galicialainen (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · fr galicien (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ka გალისიური ენა (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ro galiciană (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · fr Galicienne (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · sv galiciska (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · hy գալիսիական բարբառ (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · fi galego (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · br Galizad (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · de Galizierin (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · br Galizadez (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · pl galicyjski (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · tl Galiyego (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · eu galiziar (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · ca gallec (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · la lingua gallaeca (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · nb galisisk (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ka გალისიური (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · lt gali̇̀sas (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · es gallego (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · cs Galicijec (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · pl Galicjanin (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · tl Galyego (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · sk galícijčina (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · it galiziano (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · fr Galicien (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · lt gali̇̀sė (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · nn galisisk (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · gl galega (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · ru галиси́йка (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · de Galicisch (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · nl Galicische (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · ia galego (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · de Galizisch (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · de Galizier (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · hy գալյեգո (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · ko 갈리시아어 (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · nb galicier (person(s) from Galicia, Spain) · cs galicijština (Romance language spoken in Galicia) · vo galegan (person(s) from Galicia, Spain)

Galician en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭsh'ən
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭs'ē-ən
• /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Galicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galician From Galicia (“region in Central Europe (Etymology 2)”) + -an.

Meanings

1. Of, from or relating to Galicia, a geographic region in Poland and Ukraine.
   • Victor Adler was born in a small Moravian town on the Galician border. 2006, Shulamit Ṿolḳov, Germans, Jews, and Antisemites: Trials in Emancipation, page 272:

Forms

Translations (11)

cmn 加利西亞的 /加利西亚的 (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · rsk галицки (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · cs haličský (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · fi galitsialainen (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · nb galicisk (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · ru галицийский (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · ru галицкий (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · pl galicyjski (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · da galicisk (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · nb galisisk (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe) · af Galicies (pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe)

Galician en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭsh'ən
• (US) audio
• gə-lĭs'ē-ən
• /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Galicia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Galician From Galicia (“region in Central Europe (Etymology 2)”) + -an.

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Galicia, a geographic region in Poland and Ukraine.
   • According to Manuilsky, some Galicians idealized the Austro-Hungarian past for the empire's promotion of national autonomy, yet the Habsburgs had discouraged Eastern Galicia's economic development, whereas the Soviet power would 'turn Lviv into one of the biggest industrial centres of Soviet Ukraine.' 2004, Serhy Yekelchyk, Stalin's Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination, page 50:

Forms

Translations (10)

yi גאַליציאַנער (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · cmn 加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · pl Galicjanin (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · rsk Галичанка (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · cs Haličan (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · af Galiciër (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · rsk Галичан (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · pl Galicjanka (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · yi גאַליציאַנערין (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe) · fi galitsialainen (inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe)