Galicia
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Geographic regions
- Galicia (Spain), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain
- GallaeciaGallaeciaGallaecia or Callaecia, also known as Hispania Gallaecia, was the name of a Roman province and an early Mediaeval kingdom that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania...
, a province of the Roman Empire - Kingdom of GaliciaKingdom of GaliciaThe Kingdom of Galicia was a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupied the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in the year 409, the Galician capital was established in Braga, being the first kingdom which...
, a medieval kingdom - Nueva Galicia (New Galicia):
- Nueva GaliciaNueva GaliciaEl Nuevo Reino de Galicia or Nueva Galicia was an autonomous kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It was named after Galicia in Spain...
, a region of New Spain, now in Mexico - Nueva Galicia an old name applied to Chiloé ArchipelagoChiloé ArchipelagoChiloé Archipelago consists of several islands lying off the coast of Chile. It is separated from mainland Chile by Chacao Channel in the north, the Sea of Chiloé in the east and Gulf of Corcovado to the southeast. All of the archipelago except Desertores Islands, which are part of Palena...
in southern Chile
- Nueva Galicia
- Gallaecia
- Galicia (Eastern Europe), a historical region spanning southeastern Poland and western Ukraine
- Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, a medieval kingdom
- Kingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaKingdom of Galicia and LodomeriaThe Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria was a crownland of the Habsburg Monarchy, the Austrian Empire, and Austria–Hungary from 1772 to 1918 .This historical region in eastern Central Europe is currently divided between Poland and Ukraine...
, a crown land of the Austrian Empire and, later, of Austria-Hungary - West GaliciaWest GaliciaNew Galicia or West Galicia was an administrative region of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy, constituted from the territory annexed in the course of the Third Partition of Poland in 1795....
, a short-lived administrative region of the Austrian Empire, eventually merged into the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria - District GaliciaDistrict GaliciaThe District of Galicia was an administrative unit of the General Government in Nazi-occupied Ukraine from 1941 to 1944 centered in Lemberg ....
, a district of the General Government during the World War II occupation of Poland by Nazi Germany
Other
- Galicia class landing platform dockGalicia class landing platform dockThe Galicia class is a class of two 13,900 t landing platform dock ships, belonging to the Spanish Navy. Built in Ferrol, their mission is to carry amphibious warfare by transporting the bulk of the Infantería de Marina....
, a ship class of the Spanish Navy - Galícia Esporte ClubeGalícia Esporte ClubeGalícia Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from Salvador, capital of the state of Bahia, in Brazil's northeast region.- History :Galícia was founded on January 1, 1933 by immigrants from the autonomous region of Galicia, Spain. Its founder and first president was Mr...
, a Brazilian football club - Deportivo GaliciaDeportivo GaliciaDeportivo Galicia Fútbol Club is a traditional football club from Venezuela. Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2005, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, when its name changed to Galicia de Aragua.-Titles:...
, a Venezuelan football club - 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Galicia (1st Ukrainian), a Ukrainian military formation in the German armed forces during World War II
- Galicia Jewish MuseumGalicia Jewish MuseumThe Galicia Jewish Museum is located in the historical Jewish district Kazimierz in Kraków, Poland. It focuses on the traces of Jewish life and culture that can still be found in the area of the historic Austro-Hungarian province of Galicia located in modern Poland.- History :The Museum was...
in KazimierzKazimierzKazimierz is a historical district of Kraków , best known for being home to a Jewish community from the 14th century until the Second World War.-Early history:...
(PolandPolandPoland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
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