Galician
Americanadjective
-
of or relating to Galicia in NW Spain, its people, or their language.
-
of or relating to Galicia in E central Europe or its people.
noun
-
a native or inhabitant of Galicia in Spain.
-
the language of Spanish Galicia, often considered a dialect of Portuguese.
-
a native or inhabitant of Galicia in E central Europe.
-
a Jew from Polish Galicia, especially one speaking a Galician dialect of Yiddish.
adjective
-
of or relating to Galicia in E central Europe
-
of or relating to Galicia in NW Spain
noun
-
a native or inhabitant of either Galicia
-
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
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
That same thump carried me back to Eixample and Batea, a sleek bistro where Catalan and Galician food dance until closing time.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025
The questions are in Spanish, but Herminia replies in Galician, the local language.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
This summer, the Galician club decided to raise the stakes and set their sights on Benitez, who last worked in Spain with a brief spell in charge of Real Madrid in 2015.
From BBC • Nov. 24, 2023
There are an estimated 9 million speakers of Catalan, 3 million Galician users and some 750,000 people fluent in Basque.
From Reuters • Sep. 19, 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
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
