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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Chef-owners Carles Ramón and Manu Nuñez reworked the classic Galician dish vieira a la gallega, which usually tosses scallop, jamón, and breadcrumbs into a shell and bakes it all into submission.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025
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
She speaks in a soft voice and her answers are modest and unpretentious, though sometimes slightly ironic—a distinctive Galician trait.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 20, 2024
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
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