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galician
English
gl
Pronunciation
gə-lĭs'ē-ən gə-lĭsh'ən, en /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/ /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/
en en-us-Galician-2.ogg US, en en-us-Galician.ogg US
en ɪʃən 3
Etymology 1
en :af Galicia<t:region in northwest Spain> -an + 1
Adjective
en <<acomm/Galicia>>, <<c/Spain>>.
en 2009 D. R. Green Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies 107 The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the Galician coast and the Bay of Biscay.
"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."
en 1999 Walter Borenstein [1882]; Emilia Pardo Bazán The Tribune of the People 253 The "entierro de la sardina," the burial of the sardine, is a Galician custom popular in many villages on Ash Wednesday.
Of or pertaining to the Galician language.
en 2009 Eva Estebas Vilaplana Teach yourself English pronunciation 18 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.
Quotations
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Derived terms
en Galicianness
Translations
pertaining to Galicia in Iberia
Afrikaans: af Galicies
Basque: eu galiziar
Catalan: ca gallec m, ca gallega f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞人 Jiālìxīyǎrén
Czech: cs galicijský
Danish: da galicisk
Dutch: nl Galicisch
Finnish: fi galicialainen
French: fr galicien
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Galisysk
Friulian: fur galizian
Galician: gl galego
Georgian: ka გალისიური, ka გალისიის
German: de galicisch, de galizisch
Icelandic: is galisískur
Interlingua: ia galego
Italian: it galiziano
Limburgish: li Gallesisj n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb galicisk, nb galisisk
Polish: pl galicyjski, pl galisyjski
Portuguese: pt galego
Romanian: ro galician
Russian: ru галиси́йский
Spanish: es gallego, es galaico
Swedish: sv galicisk
Tagalog: tl Galiyego, tl Galyego
Volapük: vo galegik
pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia
Afrikaans: af Galicies
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞人的 Jiālìxīyǎrén de
Danish: da galicisk
Finnish: fi galicialainen
Galician: gl galego
Georgian: ka გალისიური
Italian: it galiziano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb galicisk, nb galisisk
Spanish: es gallego
pertaining to the Galician language
Afrikaans: af Galicies
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞語的 Jiālìxīyǎyǔ de
Danish: da galicisk
Finnish: fi galegonkielinen, fi galiciankielinen
Galician: gl galego
Georgian: ka გალისიური
Italian: it galiziano
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb galicisk, nb galisisk
Portuguese: pt galego
Spanish: es gallego
Noun
~
en <<acomm/Galicia>>, <<c/Spain>>.
The little Galician was sitting nibbling a biscuit with a glass of red wine before him.
en 2000 Clare Mar-Molinero The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World 52 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.
en 2000 Ethnologia Europaea 30 (2): 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.
en uncountable The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula.
en 1998 Catherine Davies Spanish Women's Writing, 1849-1996 63 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.
Quotations
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Synonyms
inhabitant of Galicia en Galizan, en Gallegan
language en Galizan, en Gallegan
Derived terms
en Old Galician-Portuguese
Translations
person(s) from Galicia, Spain
Afrikaans: af Galiciër, af Galiciërs p
Basque: eu galiziar
Breton: br Galizad m, br Galizadez f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞人 Jiālìxīyǎrén
Czech: cs Galicijec m
Dutch: nl Galiciër m, nl Galicische f
Esperanto: eo galego m, eo galiciano m, eo galegino f, eo galicianino f
Finnish: fi galicialainen
French: fr Galicien m, fr Galicienne f
Galician: gl galego m, gl galega f
Georgian: ka გალისიელი
German: de Galicier m, de Galicierin f, de Galizier m, de Galizierin f
Japanese: ja ガリシア人 Garishia-jin
Lithuanian: lt galìsas m, lt galìsė f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb galicier m, nb galisier m
Polish: pl Galicjanin m-pr, pl Galicjanka f
Portuguese: pt galego
Romanian: ro galician m, ro galiciană f
Russian: ru галиси́ец m, ru галиси́йка f
Spanish: es gallego
Tagalog: tl Galiyego, tl Galyego
Turkish: tr Galiçyalı
Volapük: vo galegan
Romance language spoken in Galicia
Afrikaans: af Galicies
Armenian: hy գալիսիերեն, hy գալյեգո, hy գալիսիական բարբառ
Basque: eu galiziera
Breton: br galizeg m
Catalan: ca gallec m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞語 Jiālìxīyǎyǔ
Czech: cs galicijština f
Danish: da galicisk
Dutch: nl Galicisch n
Finnish: fi galego, fi galicia
French: fr galicien m
Galician: gl galego m
Georgian: ka გალისიური, ka გალისიური ენა
German: de Galizisch n, de Galicisch n
Interlingua: ia galego
Italian: it gallego m, it galiziano m
Japanese: ja ガリシア語 Garishia-go
Korean: ko 갈리시아어
Latin: la lingua gallaeca f
Navajo: nv Galego Dineʼé bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb galisisk m n, nb galicisk m n
Nynorsk: nn galisisk m
Polish: pl galicyjski
Portuguese: pt galego m
Romanian: ro limba galiciană f, ro galiciană f
Russian: ru галиси́йский m
Scots: sco Galician
Slovak: sk galícijčina
Slovene: sl galicijščina
Spanish: es gallego m
Swahili: sw Kigalicia 7
Swedish: sv galiciska
Tigrinya: ti ጋለቪኛ
Turkish: tr Galiçyaca
See also
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Further reading
1 gl glg
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Etymology 2
en :af Galicia<t:region in Central Europe (Etymology 2)> -an + 1
Adjective
en Galicia, a <<geographic region>> in <<c/Poland>> and <<c/Ukraine>>.
en 2006 Shulamit Ṿolḳov Germans, Jews, and Antisemites: Trials in Emancipation 272 Victor Adler was born in a small Moravian town on the Galician border.
Quotations
en
Translations
pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe
Afrikaans: af Galicies
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞的 Jiālìxīyǎ de
Czech: cs haličský
Danish: da galicisk
Finnish: fi galitsialainen
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb galicisk, nb galisisk
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk галицки
Polish: pl galicyjski
Russian: ru галицийский, ru галицкий
Noun
en Galicia, a <<geographic region>> in <<c/Poland>> and <<c/Ukraine>>.
en 2004 Serhy Yekelchyk Stalin's Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination 50 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.'
Quotations
en
Translations
inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe
Afrikaans: af Galiciër
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 加利西亞人 Jiālìxīyǎrén
Czech: cs Haličan m
Finnish: fi galitsialainen
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Галичан m, rsk Галичанка f
Polish: pl Galicjanin m, pl Galicjanka f
Yiddish: yi גאַליציאַנער m, yi גאַליציאַנערין f
Anagrams
en aacgiiln Caniglia
en terms suffixed with -ian
en Ethnonyms Languages