Galicia meaning

gə-lĭshə, -ē-ə
A historical region of central Europe in southeast Poland and western Ukraine. An independent principality after 1087, it was conquered by Russians in the 12th century and later passed to Poland and Austria. The territory was returned to Poland after World War I, and the eastern portion was ceded to the USSR after World War II.
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A region and ancient kingdom of northwest Spain on the Atlantic Ocean south of the Bay of Biscay. Exploited by the Romans for its mineral resources, it later became a Goth kingdom and a stronghold of the Moors.
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(place) Region of SE Poland & NW Ukraine: formerly an Austrian crown land.
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(place) Region of NW Spain: 11,365 sq mi (29,435 sq km): a former medieval kingdom.
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A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
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A historical kingdom of Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.
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Alternative Form of galicia - galiza

Origin of galicia

  • Hungarian Medieval Latin *Gallicia or Gallitia, from Old East Slavic Галич (Galič, “Halych, a city in present-day Ukraine”), ultimate origin uncertain.

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  • From Classical Latin Gallaecia, from Gallaecī (“a Celtic tribe in the region”).

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Galicia Sentence Examples

  • The stills employed in Russia and Galicia are usually smaller than those already described.

  • A ruined castle, near the city, recalls its strategic importance in the 8th century, when Asturias, Galicia and Leon were the headquarters of resistance to the Moors.

  • I've also moved articles on cities in South Tirol and Kustenland to this category, as well as those on cities in Galicia, Bukovina, Transylvania, and Dalmatia.

  • After serving under Stadion in Galicia, he was in 1848, after the outbreak of the revolution, appointed president of the administration and acting Stadthalter in Bohemia.

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