Gallaecia

Latin

Alternative forms

Callaecia
Gallicia (Medieval Latin)

Etymology

From Gallaecī (a tribe in the region).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡalˈlae̯.ki.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡalˈlɛː.t͡ʃi.a]

Proper noun

Gallaecia f sg (genitive Gallaeciae); first declension

Galicia (a medieval kingdom in modern northwestern Spain)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Gallaecia
genitive	Gallaeciae
dative	Gallaeciae
accusative	Gallaeciam
ablative	Gallaeciā
vocative	Gallaecia

Related terms

Descendants

Aragonese: Galicia
Catalan: Galícia
Corsican: Galizia
French: Galice
Italian: Galizia
Ligurian: Galissia
Occitan: Galícia
Old Leonese: Gallizia
- Mirandese: Galhícia
Old Galician-Portuguese: Galiza
- Galician: Galiza, Galicia
- Portuguese: Galiza
- Fala: Galicia
- → Spanish: Galicia^?
- → Asturian: Galicia^?
Old Spanish: Gallizia
Piedmontese: Galissia
Romanian: Galicia
Sardinian: Galicia
Sicilian: Galizzia