Galician
Portugal's northern neighbor
Galician refers to things from or related to Galicia, a region in northwestern Spain with its own distinct culture and language.
The Galician language is a Romance language closely related to Portuguese, spoken by several million people in the region.
As a noun, a Galician is a person from Galicia.
My grandmother still speaks Galician at home.
The term can also refer to the historical region of Galicia in Central Europe, now divided between Poland and Ukraine, though this usage is less common.
Iberian Peninsula country
- PortugalIberian Peninsula republic
- AsturiasAutonomous Spanish coastal region
- CastileCentral Spanish historical region
- coastlineLand-water boundary
Vigo · Atlantic · pilgrimage · province · northwest · peninsula · autonomous · border
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
- bardPoet of epics
- mythologyBody of traditional tales
- BretonBrittany's Celtic language
- CornishOf southwestern peninsula
Welsh · Gaelic · torc · cairn · menhir · dolmen · pagan · clan
Catching aquatic creatures
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
nautical · lighthouse · octopus · mussel · barnacle · sardine · hake · shellfish
Family line of descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
- historyRecord of past events
lineage · roots · culture · identity · legacy · emigration · diaspora · preservation
Of a western Iberian nation
- RomanceLatin-descended language group
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- vocabularyOne's word collection
phonology · morphology · bilingualism · lexicon · semantics · dialects · etymology · vernacular
Jingling handheld percussion instrument
- accordionBellows-driven reed instrument
- balladNarrative poem or song
- folkRegular common people
- percussionSound through impact
Spain
Iberian Peninsula country
- PortugalIberian Peninsula republic
- AsturiasAutonomous Spanish coastal region
- CastileCentral Spanish historical region
coastline · Vigo · Atlantic · pilgrimage · province · northwest · peninsula · autonomous · border
druid
Ancient Celtic priest-scholar
Cornish · Welsh · Gaelic · torc · cairn · menhir · dolmen · pagan · clan · hillfort
fishing
Catching aquatic creatures
- seafoodMarine creatures as cuisine
- sailorSeafaring crew member
- shipbuildingConstructing maritime vessels
estuary · nautical · lighthouse · octopus · mussel · barnacle · sardine · hake · shellfish · mariner
ancestry
Family line of descent
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- folkloreInherited cultural narratives
history · lineage · roots · culture · identity · legacy · emigration · diaspora · preservation · genealogy
Portuguese
Of a western Iberian nation
- RomanceLatin-descended language group
- syntaxRules for arranging words
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
vocabulary · phonology · morphology · bilingualism · lexicon · semantics · dialects · etymology · vernacular · fluency
tambourine
Jingling handheld percussion instrument
percussion · chorus · traditional · festival · dance · melody · ensemble
empanada
Filled pastry half-moon
GalicianCastilian
Spain's official language
Spanish · Portuguese · Catalan · Basque · Andalusian