Galicia
Americannoun
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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).
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a maritime region in NW Spain: a former kingdom, and later a province. 11,256 sq. mi. (29,153 sq. km).
noun
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a region of E central Europe on the N side of the Carpathians, now in SE Poland and Ukraine
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an autonomous region and former kingdom of NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay and the Atlantic. Pop: 1 969 000 (2003 est)
Example Sentences
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From my dad’s side, they were Gallegos from Galicia.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
Bottle bio: Another Rías Baixas Albariño, this comes from Galicia, Spain, and has flavors of white peach, citrus peel, chamomile, wet stone and sea spray.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
Dro, who is from Galicia in Spain's northwest, joined Barcelona's La Masia youth academy, considered the best in the world, in 2022 and has since made eight appearances for the club.
From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026
Twelve fires are burning in the north-west region of Galicia, most in the province of Ourense, with the largest having burned 17,500 hectares.
From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025
Born in Polish-Ukrainian Galicia, Rabi was the levelheaded physicist who had tartly denounced Strauss’s vendetta against Oppenheimer and had attempted, if fruitlessly, to talk Lawrence and Alvarez down from their starry-eyed pursuit of the Super.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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