galician
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1. galician - Noun
2. galician - Adjective
Meaning
Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland.
A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan.
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A cruise ship in the seaport of A Coruña The Galician road network includes autopistas and autovías connecting the major cities, as well as national and secondary roads to the rest of the municipalities.
According to Carlos Fernández Santander, at least 4,200 people were killed either extrajudicially or after summary trials, among them republicans, communists, Galician nationalists, socialists and anarchists.
Although there are local dialects, Galician media conform to this standard form, which is also used in primary, secondary, and university education.
Alfonso I (king from 739–757) rallied Galician support when driving the Moorish army out of Galicia and an area of what was to become Leon.
As frontiersmen were unable to correctly pronounce the Galician word, it became corrupted to "Albuquerque".
A variation, the "empanada gallega" (Galician empanada), is a big, round meat pie made most commonly with tuna and mackerel ("caballa" in Spanish).