| galician | (n) a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect |
| Galician | 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. -- |