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Galicia

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Galicia may refer to:

Geographic regions

  • Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
    • Gallaecia, a Roman province
    • The post-Roman Kingdom of the Suebi, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia
    • The medieval Kingdom of Galicia
    • The Republic of Galicia, which only lasted for a few hours on 27 June 1931
  • Galicia (Eastern Europe), a historical region in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine
    • The Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia or Kingdom of Rus, a medieval kingdom
    • The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, a crown land of the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian half (Cisleithania) of Austria-Hungary
    • West Galicia or New Galicia, a short-lived administrative region of the Austrian Empire, eventually merged into the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
    • The District of Galicia, part of the Nazi General Government during the World War II occupation of Poland

Named after Spanish Galicia

  • Galicia, Aklan, a barangay in Panay, Philippines
  • Nueva Galicia, a region of New Spain, now in Mexico
  • Nueva Galicia, an old name applied to the Chiloé Archipelago in southern Chile

Ships

  • Spanish ship Galicia (1750), Spanish third-rate ship of the line
  • Galicia-class landing platform dock, a ship class of the Spanish Navy
    • Spanish ship Galicia (L51), lead ship of the above class
  • Spanish landing ship Galicia (L31), formerly USS San Marcos, bought in 1974 by the Spanish Navy

Sports

See also

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