galicia

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İngilizce - İngilizce
A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain
A historical kingdom of Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine

The czar had declared the liberation of the Ukrainian minorities inhabiting the eastern portion of the Austrian imperial province of Galicia, the Austrian portion of partitioned Poland, to be one of Russia's objectives.

Polish Galicja Russian Galytsiya Historical region, eastern Europe. It included the northern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains and the valleys of the upper Vistula, Dniester, Bug, and Seret rivers. In 1199 eastern Galicia, situated near the principalities of Kiev and Volhynia, was taken by Prince Roman of Volhynia, who united Volhynia and Galicia. In 1349 the Polish king Casimir III annexed Galicia. When Poland was partitioned, beginning in 1772, the territory passed to Austria. Restored to Poland after World War I, eastern Galicia was taken by the Soviet Union in World War II and united to the Ukrainian S.S.R. After the war, eastern Galicia remained a part of the U.S.S.R. (after 1991, part of Ukraine), and western Galicia was attached to Poland. ancient Gallaecia Autonomous community (pop., 2001: 2,695,880) and ancient kingdom, northwestern Spain. Covering 11,419 sq mi (29,575 sq km), Galicia is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Portugal, and its capital is Santiago de Compostela. Its name is derived from the Celtic Gallaeci, who lived there when the region was conquered by the Romans 137 BC. Taken by the Visigoths in AD 585, it next passed to the Moors and became part of the kingdom of Asturias in the 8th and 9th centuries. It lost much of its political autonomy after the unification of Castile and Aragon in 1479. The region was made an autonomous community in 1981. Agriculture, forestry, and fishing are economically important
{i} maritime area in northwest Spain which was a former kingdom; region in central Europe in southeast Poland and western Ukraine; family name
a region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay
Galician
Of or pertaining to the historical region of Galicia in Central Europe

Victor Adler was born in a small Moravian town on the Galician border.

Galician
A native or inhabitant of Galicia, a region of the northwestern Iberian peninsula

The 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.

Galician
Of or pertaining to the region of Galicia in Iberia

The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the Galician coast and the Bay of Biscay.

Galician
An inhabitant of Galicia, a 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.'.

Galician
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.

Galician
Of or pertaining to the people of Galicia (in Iberia) or their culture

The entierro de la sardina, the burial of the sardine, is a Galician custom popular in many villages on Ash Wednesday.

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

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.

Galician
{i} official language in Galicia; dialect of Portuguese spoken in Spanish Galicia
Galician
Of or pertaining to the region of Galicia in Iberia or the Galician language
Galician
An inhabitant of Galicia, a region of the Northwestern Iberian peninsula
Galician
{i} native or resident of Spanish Galicia; native or resident of eastern central Galicia; Jewish person from Polish Galicia
Galician
The language of Galicia, a region of the Northwestern Iberian peninsula
Galician
Of or pertaining to the historical region of Galicia in Eastern Europe
Galician
{s} of or pertaining to Spanish Galicia; of or pertaining or relating to the people of Spanish Galicia; of or pertaining to Polish Galicia
galician
A native of Galicia in Spain; called also Gallegan
galician
Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland
galician
the dialect of Portuguese (sometimes regarded as a dialect of Spanish) spoken in Galicia northwestern Spain
Türkçe - İngilizce
Galicia
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Galician
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    Ga·li·ci·a

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    /gəˈləsʜēə/ /ɡəˈlɪʃiːə/

    Etimoloji

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