Galician

[ guh-lish-ee-uhn, -lish-uhn ]

/ gəˈlɪʃ i ən, -ˈlɪʃ ən /

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adjective

of or relating to Galicia in NW Spain, its people, or their language.

of or relating to Galicia in E central Europe or its people.

noun

a native or inhabitant of Galicia in Spain.

the language of Spanish Galicia, often considered a dialect of Portuguese.

a native or inhabitant of Galicia in E central Europe.

a Jew from Polish Galicia, especially one speaking a Galician dialect of Yiddish.

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Words nearby Galician

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

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How to use Galician in a sentence

Rarely does one get to read a story originally written in Serbian, much less Rhaeto-Romanic or Galician.
Great Weekend Reads: December 30, 2011|Jacob Silverman, Michael Thomsen, Lauren Elkin|December 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
He wore the cuirass and helmet made of gold from the rivers which the Galician tribes had brought him as a present.
Snnica|Vicente Blasco Ibez
Over the wall a long row of interested Galician peasants and soldiers passing in carts or on horseback.
The Dark Forest|Hugh Walpole
From most of the Galician towns and villages the Jews had been expelled—here they only, apparently, had been left.
The Dark Forest|Hugh Walpole

This he felt, and he was sufficiently just to award the palm to his Galician fellow-artist.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz
They were the founders of a new school, which may be called the Galician.
History of the Jews, Vol. V (of 6)|Heinrich Graetz

British Dictionary definitions for Galician

Galician

/ (ɡəˈlɪʃɪən, -ʃən) /

adjective

of or relating to Galicia in E central Europe

of or relating to Galicia in NW Spain

noun

a native or inhabitant of either Galicia

the Romance language or dialect of Spanish Galicia, sometimes regarded as a dialect of Spanish, although historically it is more closely related to Portuguese

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