Galicia

alternative Galiza

1. A former kingdom and autonomous community in northwestern Spain.

   There is sometimes a further subdivision of the Old Portuguese period into a Galician-Portuguese period (origins to 1350), during which the linguistic and cultural unity of Galicia and Portugal remained strong, and the Old Portuguese period proper (1350–1540).

   2000, Glanville Price, Encyclopedia of the languages of Europe, reimpression, illustrated edition, Wiley-Blackwell, →ISBN, page 367

2. Several barangays of Mendez, Cavite, Philippines.
3. A barangay of Rapu-Rapu, Albay, Philippines.
4. A barangay of Madalag, Aklan, Philippines.
5. A barangay of Ilog, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

alternative Galiza

1. former kingdom and geographical area in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine.

   The czar had declared the "liberation" of the Ukrainian minorities inhabiting the eastern portion of the Austrian imperial province of Galicia, the Austrian portion of partitioned Poland, to be one of Russia's objectives.

   1996, Lonnie R. Johnson, chapter 9, in Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors, Friends, page 175

   Synonyms: Halychia