I. gəˈlishən noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: Galicia, region and ancient kingdom in northwest Spain + English -an
1. : a native or inhabitant of Spanish Galicia
2. : the language of the Galicians
II. adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
1. : of or relating to Galicia, a division of Spain north of Portugal, or to the Galicians
2. : of, relating to, or being the Galician language
III. “, gəˈlētsēən adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Galicia, former Austrian crownland in east central Europe + English -an
: of or relating to Galicia, a former province of the Austro-Hungarian empire now a region of southwestern Poland and western Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
IV. like galician III noun
( -s )
Usage: capitalized
1. : a native or inhabitant of the former Austrian crownland Galicia
2. : a Galician Jew of Poland : a speaker of one of the several Yiddish dialects among eastern European Jews