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Galician¹

  • /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/
  • /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/

Rhymes with -ɪʃən

adjective more Galician · most Galician

  1. Of, from or relating to Galicia, Spain. The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the Galician coast and the Bay of Biscay.
  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.

noun Galicians

  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.

    Similar: Galizan, Gallegan

  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.

Similar: Galizan, Gallegan

Galician²

  • /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/
  • /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/

Rhymes with -ɪʃən

Where it comes from

From Galicia (“region in Central Europe (Etymology 2)”) + -an.

adjective more Galician · most Galician

  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.

noun Galicians

  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

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noun

Similar: Galizan, Gallegan

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adj pertaining to Galicia in Iberia

Españolgallego, galaico
中文加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 Jiālìxīyǎrén
Portuguêsgalego
Françaisgalicien
Deutschgalicisch, galizisch
Italianogaliziano
Românăgalician
Русскийгалиси́йский galisíjskij

adj pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia

Españolgallego
中文加利西亞人的 /加利西亚人的 Jiālìxīyǎrén de
Italianogaliziano

adj pertaining to the Galician language

Españolgallego
中文加利西亞語的 /加利西亚语的 Jiālìxīyǎyǔ de
Portuguêsgalego
Italianogaliziano

noun person(s) from Galicia, Spain

Españolgallego
日本語ガリシア人 Garishia-jin
中文加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 Jiālìxīyǎrén
Portuguêsgalego
FrançaisGalicien, Galicienne
DeutschGalicier, Galicierin, Galizier, Galizierin
Românăgalician, galiciană
Русскийгалиси́ец galisíjec, галиси́йка galisíjka

noun Romance language spoken in Galicia

Españolgallego
한국어갈리시아어 gallisia'eo
日本語ガリシア語 Garishia-go
中文加利西亞語 /加利西亚语 Jiālìxīyǎyǔ
KiswahiliKigalicia
Portuguêsgalego
Françaisgalicien
DeutschGalizisch, Galicisch
Italianogallego, galiziano
Românălimba galiciană, galiciană
Русскийгалиси́йский galisíjskij

adj pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe

中文加利西亞的 /加利西亚的 Jiālìxīyǎ de
Русскийгалицийский galicijskij, галицкий galickij

noun inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe

中文加利西亞人 /加利西亚人 Jiālìxīyǎrén

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"Galician." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/galician. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Galician. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/galician

Chicago

"Galician." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/galician.

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@misc{galician_2026,
  title = {Galician},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galician},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}