Gallegan

English

Noun

Gallegan (plural Gallegans)

  1. A Galician; a citizen of Galicia.

Usage notes

  • Galicians consider the term Gallegan much less desirable and correct than Galician because it is a second-hand translation based on the Spanish gallego.

Proper noun

Gallegan

  1. The Galician language spoken in Galicia, evolved directly from Latin with close ties with Portuguese.

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References

  • Use of and Galicia in The Bible in Spain by George Borrow (1842) [1].

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