Galicia

[guh-lish-ee-uh, -lish-uh, gah-lee-thyah]

noun

1. 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).

2. a maritime region in NW Spain: a former kingdom, and later a province. 11,256 sq. mi. (29,153 sq. km).

Galicia

noun

1. a region of E central Europe on the N side of the Carpathians, now in SE Poland and Ukraine

2. 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

The most heavily affected zones were here in the north-west, including the regions of Castilla y León and Galicia, plus the western region of Extremadura.

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Fires have been concentrated in forested areas of northern Portugal and in Spain's north-western regions of Galicia, Asturias and Castile and León.

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"We had to run away because the fire was coming in from everywhere - everywhere - above us, below us, all around," Isidoro, 83, a resident in the Ourense province of Galicia, told AFP.

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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.

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In Galicia, several fires merged to form a huge blaze, forcing the closure of highways and rail services to the region.

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