Galicia
Pronunciation
  • enPR gə-lĭs'ē-ə, IPA: /ɡəˈlɪs.i.ə/, /ɡəˈlɪʃ.ə/
Proper noun
  1. A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain.
Translations Proper noun
  1. A historic kingdom in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.
    • 1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, chapter 9, page 175
      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.
Translations
  • French: Galicie
  • German: Galizien
  • Italian: Galizia
  • Portuguese: Galícia
  • Russian: Гали́ция
  • Spanish: Galitzia



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