Galician
Americanadjective
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of or relating to Galicia in NW Spain, its people, or their language.
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of or relating to Galicia in E central Europe or its people.
noun
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a native or inhabitant of Galicia in Spain.
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the language of Spanish Galicia, often considered a dialect of Portuguese.
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a native or inhabitant of Galicia in E central Europe.
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a Jew from Polish Galicia, especially one speaking a Galician dialect of Yiddish.
adjective
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of or relating to Galicia in E central Europe
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of or relating to Galicia in NW Spain
noun
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a native or inhabitant of either Galicia
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the Romance language or dialect of Spanish Galicia, sometimes regarded as a dialect of Spanish, although historically it is more closely related to Portuguese
Example Sentences
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Setien, in turn, had seen Sarabia's Villarreal youth team play, liked what he saw and promised him a job whenever he left the Galician club.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
For example, “saudade,” in Portuguese and Galician is similar to nostalgia, but doesn’t have the same connotations with memory, such that it can be felt with things that have not been experienced before.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2025
The questions are in Spanish, but Herminia replies in Galician, the local language.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
Tinned fish at the shop runs anywhere from $8 for Ati Manel garfish, a needle-like fish offred in olive oil from Portugal, to $36 for Conservas de Cambados ‘Sea Urchin Caviar’ from Spain’s Galician estuaries.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
I must admit I felt the old surge of love and oratory and I haven’t a drop of Galician blood.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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