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Galician

Galician

1 6.8
Relating to Galicia, its people, or its language
  • adjective
: gallego
  • Such impressions seem to highlight and exacerbate various new and previously existing divisions within Galician society.
  • Galician community

For us on that day on the Galician front, all he had to think about was survival.

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Examples

  • Ultimately, the negotiations about the meaning and purpose of the CdC are a marker of Galician society's contemporary political and cultural conflicts—transformations as well as current efforts to assert its special place and role in a globalizing world.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Frustrations due to delays continued to mount both within the Galician community and in the Xunta.

    Academic text (2012)

  • For us on that day on the Galician front, all he had to think about was survival.

    The Great War

  • I believe, however, that the Galician home-rule movement suffered a setback.

    Blog text (8)

  • Conservative parties have dominated Galician elections since the region gained autonomy in 1981, but nationalist sentiments are present.

    Academic text (2012)

  • His visit took place at a time when Galician nationalists were agitating, along with their Basque and Catalan neighbors, for more autonomy from Spain.

    Academic text (2006)

  • During the celebration of Galicia's 1999 Xacobeo, the president publicly asserted his desire for the creation of a structure that would become a center for Galician cultural preservation, promotion, research, and regional advancement.

    Academic text (2012)

  • The festival celebrated traditional Galician music and dance from the region of Galicia.

  • I learned to speak fluent Galician after moving to northwestern Spain.

  • Some Galician dishes use seafood that is locally sourced from the coast.

Compounds

Galician language
9.0

A language like Spanish spoken in Galicia in northwest Spain

Surface Forms

Galician positive

Morphology

Galician = Galicia (transparent) = Galicia + an

Formed as a standard demonym/adjectival from the place name 'Galicia'; the relation of origin/association is clear to learners.

Etymology

Galician comes from the place name Galicia, which in Latin was Gallaecia and meant 'land of the Gallaeci', an old local people. So Galician means 'from Galicia' and describes people, culture, or things from that region.