What does "galician" mean?
A native or inhabitant of Galicia, Spain.
Galician
/ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/ adj, noun
adj, noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A native or inhabitant of Galicia, Spain.
- Grammar: galician is listed as adj, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: galician language, galician lagrima, galician native, galician person.
- Useful contrasts: foreign, non Galician, non Galician language.
- Usage evidence: Today we have many new translations in Galician and Basque.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A native or inhabitant of Galicia, Spain. countable, uncountable
"The little Galician was sitting nibbling a biscuit with a glass of red wine before him."
- 2 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.'"
- 3 a language spoken in Galicia, an autonomous community of Spain wordnet
- 4 The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula. uncountable
"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."
Adjective
- 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, 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."
- 3 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."
Synonyms
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Example
"Today we have many new translations in Galician and Basque."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "galician"?
Common synonyms include: galician language, galician lagrima, galician native, galician person, galician tongue, galizan.
How do you use "galician" in a sentence?
Today we have many new translations in Galician and Basque.
How do you pronounce "galician"?
Pronounced /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Galicia (“region in northwest Spain”) + -an.
Etymology 2
From Galicia (“region in Central Europe (Etymology 2)”) + -an.