Galician - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Galician :  (noun)

1: the dialect of Portuguese (sometimes regarded as a dialect of Spanish) spoken in Galicia northwestern Spain [syn: Galician]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Galician : \Ga*li"cian\, a. [Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L. Gallaecus, Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western Spain.] Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n. A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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