Galicia

[ guh-lish-ee-uh, -lish-uh; for 2 also Spanish gah-lee-thyah ]

/ gəˈlɪʃ i ə, -ˈlɪʃ ə; for 2 also Spanish gɑˈli θyɑ /

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a region in E central Europe: a former crown land of Austria, included in S Poland after World War I, and now partly in Ukraine. About 30,500 sq. mi. (79,000 sq. km).

a maritime region in NW Spain: a former kingdom, and later a province. 11,256 sq. mi. (29,153 sq. km).

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Words nearby Galicia

galette, gale warning, gal Friday, Galgal, Galibi, Galicia, Galician, Galilean, Galilean satellite, Galilean satellites, Galilean telescope

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How to use Galicia in a sentence

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The written word has no greater champion than Herr Besofsky from Galicia.
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There is a greater similarity between Galicia and Portugal than between the former and any other province of Spain.
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Prince Galitzin had been put at the head of thirty thousand unwilling Russians, and sent to invade Galicia.
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The government here is therefore diametrically opposite to that of Galicia, and the other provinces.
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The province of Galicia is one of the largest in Spain, and said to be one of the best peopled.
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The long expected Constitution for Galicia has at length appeared.
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British Dictionary definitions for Galicia

Galicia

noun

(ɡəˈlɪʃɪə, -ˈlɪʃə) a region of E central Europe on the N side of the Carpathians, now in SE Poland and Ukraine

(Spanish ɡaˈliθja) an autonomous region and former kingdom of NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic. Pop: 1 969 000 (2003 est)

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