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Type Region
Pronounced Pron. /ɡa.ˈli.θjɐ/(Galician) /ɡa.ˈli.θja/(European Spanish) /ɡa.ˈli.sja/(Latin American Spanish) /ɡə.ˈlɪs.i.ə/(English) /ɡə.ˈlɪʃ.ə/(English)
Meaning & History
From Latin Gallaecia, named for the Celtic tribe of the Gallaeci, of uncertain meaning. This is the name of a former kingdom in Iberia, now an autonomous region in northwestern Spain. In Galician it is called both Galicia and Galiza.