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{{also|galician}}
==English==
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{{interwiktionary|gl}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{enPR|gə-lĭs'ē-ən|gə-lĭsh'ən}}, {{IPA|en|/ɡəˈlɪs.i.ən/|/ɡəˈlɪʃ.ən/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-Galician-2.ogg|a=US}}, {{audio|en|en-us-Galician.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪʃən|s=3}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{suffix|en|Galicia|an|gloss1=region in northwest Spain}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Of or pertaining to the region of [[Galicia]] in [[Iberia]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=D. R. Green|title=Coastal and Marine Geospatial Technologies|page=107|passage=The subsequent oil slicks that reached the coast resulted in severe ecological and economic consequences for the '''Galician''' coast and the Bay of Biscay.}}
# Of or pertaining to the people of [[Galicia]] (in Iberia) or their [[culture]].
#* {{RQ:Doyle Land of Mist|passage="I have been asked over by Dr. Maupuis of the Institut M&eacute;tapsychique to see some of the experiments which he is conducting upon a '''Galician''' medium."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1999|translator=Walter Borenstein|author=[1882]; Emilia Pardo Bazán|title=The Tribune of the People|page=253
|passage=The "entierro de la sardina," the burial of the sardine, is a '''Galician''' custom popular in many villages on Ash Wednesday.}}
# Of or pertaining to the [[#Proper noun|Galician]] [[language]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2009|author=Eva Estebas Vilaplana|title=Teach yourself English pronunciation|page=18|passage=This vowel is similar to the Catalan sound in the words ''Jordi'' or ''sola'' and to the '''Galician''' sound in the words ''ola'' or ''po''.}}

=====Quotations=====
* {{seeCites|en}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|pertaining to Galicia in Iberia}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Galicies}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|galiziar}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|gallec|m}}, {{t+|ca|gallega|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|加利西亞人|tr=Jiālìxīyǎrén}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|galicijský}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|galicisk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Galicisch}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|-lainen|alt=galicialainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|galicien}}
* Friulian: {{t|fur|galizian}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|galego}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გალისიური}}, {{t|ka|გალისიის}}
* German: {{t+|de|galicisch}}, {{t+|de|galizisch}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|galisískur}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|galego}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|galiziano}}
* Limburgish: {{t|li|Gallesisj|n}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|galicisk}}, {{t+|nb|galisisk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|galicyjski}}, {{t+|pl|galisyjski}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|galego}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|galician}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|галиси́йский}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gallego}}, {{t+|es|galaico}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|galicisk}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|Galiyego}}, {{t+|tl|Galyego}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|galegik}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|Galisysk}}
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{{trans-top|pertaining to the people of Galicia in Iberia}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Galicies}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[加利西亞人]][[的]]|tr=Jiālìxīyǎrén de}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|galicisk}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|-lainen|alt=galicialainen}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|galego}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გალისიური}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|galiziano}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|galicisk}}, {{t+|nb|galisisk}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gallego}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|pertaining to the Galician language}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Galicies}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[加利西亞語]][[的]]|tr=Jiālìxīyǎyǔ de}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|galicisk}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|kielinen|alt=galegonkielinen, galiciankielinen}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|galego}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გალისიური}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|galiziano}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|galicisk}}, {{t+|nb|galisisk}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gallego}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun|~}}

# {{lb|en|countable}} A [[native]] or [[inhabitant]] of [[Galicia]], a [[region]] of the northwestern [[Iberian peninsula]].
#* {{RQ:Doyle Land of Mist|passage=The little '''Galician''' was sitting nibbling a biscuit with a glass of red wine before him.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|author=Clare Mar-Molinero|title=The Politics of Language in the Spanish-speaking World|page=52|passage=In Argentina, too, there is a community of Welsh-speakers. Similarly some '''Galicians''', Catalans and Basques have retained their mother tongues in ways that had they remained, respectively in the United Kingdom or Spain, might have been more difficult to do.}}
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2000|title=Ethnologia Europaea|section='''30''' (2): 52
|passage=The Portuguese claim that a '''Galician''' would never be generous, as a Portuguese would. On their side, the '''Galicians''' tell the story of the Portuguese who invites some '''Galicians''' to dinner and then gives his guests very little to eat.}}
# {{lb|en|uncountable}} The [[language]] of [[Galicia]]; a [[Romance language]] spoken in the northwestern corner of the [[Iberian peninsula]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1998|author=Catherine Davies|title=Spanish Women's Writing, 1849-1996|page=63|passage=Rosalia de Castro became a crucial element in this early nationalist cultural campaign: she spoke '''Galician''' as her first language and she was literate, educated, and sympathetic to the group's progressive aims.}}

=====Quotations=====
* {{seeCites|en}}

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|inhabitant of Galicia}} {{l|en|Galizan}}, {{l|en|Gallegan}}
* {{sense|language}} {{l|en|Galizan}}, {{l|en|Gallegan}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|person(s) from Galicia, Spain}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Galiciër}}, {{t|af|Galiciërs|p}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|galiziar}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|Galizad|m}}, {{t+|br|Galizadez|f}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|加利西亞人|tr=Jiālìxīyǎrén}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|Galicijec|m}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Galiciër|m}}, {{t+|nl|Galicische|f}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|galego|m}}, {{t|eo|galiciano|m}}, {{t|eo|galegino|f}}, {{t|eo|galicianino|f}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|-lainen|alt=galicialainen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|Galicien|m}}, {{t+|fr|Galicienne|f}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|galego|m}}, {{t|gl|galega|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გალისიელი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Galicier|m}}, {{t|de|Galicierin|f}}, {{t|de|Galizier|m}}, {{t|de|Galizierin|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|ガリシア人|tr=Garishia-jin}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|galicier|m}}, {{t|nb|galisier|m}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|Galicjanin|m-pr}}, {{t|pl|Galicjanka|f}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|galego}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|galician|m}}, {{t+|ro|galiciană|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|галиси́ец|m}}, {{t|ru|галиси́йка|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gallego}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|Galiyego}}, {{t+|tl|Galyego}}
* Turkish: {{t|tr|Galiçyalı}}
* Volapük: {{t|vo|galegan}}
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{{trans-top|Romance language spoken in Galicia}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Galicies}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|գալիսիերեն|sc=Armn}}, {{t|hy|գալյեգո|sc=Armn}}, {{t|hy|[[գալիսիական]] [[բարբառ]]|sc=Armn}}
* Basque: {{t+|eu|galiziera}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|galizeg|m}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|gallec|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|加利西亞語|tr=Jiālìxīyǎyǔ}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|galicijština|f}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|galicisk}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Galicisch|n}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|galego}}, {{t+|fi|galicia}}
* French: {{t+|fr|galicien|m}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|galego|m}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გალისიური}}, {{t|ka|გალისიური ენა}}
* German: {{t|de|Galizisch|n}}, {{t+|de|Galicisch|n}}
* Interlingua: {{t|ia|galego}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|gallego|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ガリシア語|tr=Garishia-go}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|갈리시아어}}
* Latin: {{t|la|lingua gallaeca|f}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Galego Dineʼé bizaad}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|galisisk|m|n}}, {{t+|nb|galicisk|m|n}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|galisisk|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|galicyjski}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|galego|m}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|[[limba]] [[galiciană]]|f}}, {{t+|ro|galiciană|f}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|галиси́йский|m}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Galician}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|galícijčina}}
* Slovene: {{t+|sl|galicijščina}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|gallego|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|galiciska}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ጋለቪኛ}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Galiçyaca}}
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====Derived terms====
* {{l|en|Old Galician-Portuguese}}

====See also====
* {{langcat|gl}}
* {{langlist}}

====Further reading====
* {{ISO 639|ref=1|gl||glg}}
* {{ethnologue|glg}}
* {{R:Webster 1913}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{suffix|en|Galicia|an|gloss1=region in Central Europe ([[Galicia#Etymology 2|Etymology 2]])}}.

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Of or pertaining to the historical region of [[Galicia]] in [[Central Europe]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2006|author=Shulamit Ṿolḳov|title=Germans, Jews, and Antisemites: Trials in Emancipation|page=272|passage=Victor Adler was born in a small Moravian town on the '''Galician''' border.}}

=====Quotations=====
* {{seeCites|en}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|pertaining to Galicia in Central Europe}}
* Afrikaans: {{t+|af|Galicies}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|[[加利西亞]][[的]]|tr=Jiālìxīyǎ de}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|haličský}}
* Danish: {{t+|da|galicisk}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[Galitsia|galitsia]][[-lainen|lainen]]}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|galego|m}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t+|nb|galicisk}}, {{t+|nb|galisisk}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|galicyjski}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|галицийский}}, {{t+|ru|галицкий}}
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====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# An inhabitant of [[Galicia]], a [[region]] in [[Poland]] and [[Ukraine]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2004|author=Serhy Yekelchyk|title=Stalin's Empire of Memory: Russian-Ukrainian Relations in the Soviet Historical Imagination|page=50|passage=According to Manuilsky, some '''Galicians''' idealized the Austro-Hungarian past for the empire's promotion of national autonomy, yet the Habsburgs had discouraged Eastern Galicia's economic development, whereas the Soviet power would 'turn Lviv into one of the biggest industrial centres of Soviet Ukraine.'}}

=====Quotations=====
* {{seeCites|en}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|inhabitant of Galicia in Central Europe}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|Galiciër}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t|cmn|加利西亞人|tr=Jiālìxīyǎrén}}
* Czech: {{t|cs|Haličan|m}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[Galitsia|galitsia]][[-lainen|lainen]]}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|Galicjanin|m}}, {{t|pl|Galicjanka|f}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|גאַליציאַנער|m}}, {{t|yi|גאַליציאַנערין|f}}
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===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aacgiiln|Caniglia}}

{{cln|en|terms suffixed with -ian}}
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