Definition of Galicia

1. Noun. A region (and former kingdom) in northwestern Spain on the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay.


Definition of Galicia

1. Proper noun. A former Iberian kingdom, now an autonomous region of Spain. ¹

2. Proper noun. A historical kingdom of Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galicia

Galen's nerve
Galenic
Galenical
Galenically
Galenicals
Galenism
Galenist
Galenists
Galeocerdo
Galeocerdo cuvieri
Galeopsis
Galeopsis tetrahit
Galeorhinus
Galeorhinus zyopterus
Galeras
Galicia (current term)
Galician
Galician-Asturian
Galician-Portuguese
Galicians
Galictis vittatus
Galiella rufa
Galilaean
Galilean
Galilean moon
Galilean moons
Galilean satellite
Galilean satellites
Galilean telescope
Galileans

Literary usage of Galicia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"We ask: Aren't the people of Eastern Galicia a nationality which is entitled ... Isn't Eastern Galicia a part of the Ukranian Republic; hasn't she her own ..."

2. A Brief History of the Great War by Carlton Joseph Huntley Hayes (1920)
"Between Russian Poland and Austrian Galicia, however, there were no such ... Galicia was not an isolated area, nor was it defended by a Hindenburg or by ..."

3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Events in Galicia at that time proved that the interconnexion between the Slav peoples had not attained to that ideal intimacy which the ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"By such means Galicia was pacified. A few ity with the former, ... This occurs not only in Galicia, but also in that part of the old Polish kingdom which is ..."

5. Treaty of Peace with Germany by Germany (1918- ), Germany (1918- ) Treaties, etc. 1918-, Allied and Associated Powers (1914-1920), United States Congress Senate, Germany, etc. 1918 Treaties, June 28 Treaty with Germany, 1919 (1919)
"After the Poles had occupied a greater part of Ukrainian Galicia, the Supreme Council, without asking at all the Ukrainian delegation, having carried the ..."

6. Our Slavic Fellow Citizens by Emily Greene Balch (1910)
"CHAPTER VII EMIGRATION FROM Galicia: AUSTRIAN POLES AND RUTHENIANS Galicia, the To many people the word Galicia probably suggests coun ry little—if happily ..."

7. The New York Times Current History (1915)
"Political consequences, also, were expected from German success in Galicia in deterring Bulgaria and Rumania, from entering the war. ..."

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