Galician

Pronunciation ,

• enPR: gÉ™-lÄ­s'Ä“-É™n, IPA: /ɡəˈlɪs.i.É™n/, /ɡəˈlɪʃ.É™n/
• Rhymes: -ɪʃən

From Galicia("region in northwest Spain") + -an.

Full definition of Galician

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the region of Galicia in Iberia.
2. Of or pertaining to the people of Galicia (in Iberia) or their culture.
• 1999 1882, Emilia Pardo Bazán, The Tribune of the People, (translated by Walter Borenstein), page 253The "entierro de la sardina," the burial of the sardine, is a Galician custom popular in many villages on Ash Wednesday.
3. Of or pertaining to the Galician language.

Noun

1. A native or inhabitant of Galicia, a region of the northwestern Iberian peninsula.
• 2000, Ethnologia Europaea 30 (2): 52The 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.

Synonyms

• (inhabitant of Galicia) Galizan, Gallegan

Proper noun

1. The language of Galicia; a Romance language spoken in the northwestern corner of the Iberian peninsula.

Synonyms

• (language) Galizan, Gallegan

Further reading

• Webster 1913

From Galicia("region in Central Europe (Galicia#Etymology 2") + -an +

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to the historical region of Galicia in Central Europe.

Noun

1. An inhabitant of Galicia, a region in Poland and Ukraine.

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