Galicians
Celtic-influenced Spanish group
Galicians are people from Galicia, a region that can refer to two distinct places: the autonomous community in northwestern Spain, or the historical region in central Europe now divided between Poland and Ukraine.
Spanish Galicians speak Galician, a Romance language closely related to Portuguese, and have a Celtic-influenced cultural heritage.
Central European Galicians historically included Poles, Ukrainians, and Jews from the former Austro-Hungarian territory.
Many Galicians emigrated to Latin America in the early twentieth century.
ethnicity
Legacy of ancient Britons
- Atlantic coastOcean-bordering eastern shore
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
bagpipes
Droning wind instrument
Celtic heritage
Legacy of ancient Britons
- Atlantic coastOcean-bordering eastern shore
- diasporaScattered population sharing origins
- emigrationLeaving homeland permanently
Camino de Santiago
Spanish pilgrimage trail
- scallop shellRidged mollusk exterior