Galicia

Galicia may refer to:

Geographic regions

• Galicia (Spain), a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain
  • Gallaeci, pre-roman Celtic tribal complex who inhabited the north-western corner of Iberia
  • 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 Principality of Galicia
  • 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 that joined 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 Galicia-class
• Spanish landing ship Galicia (L31), formerly USS San Marcos, bought in 1974 by the Spanish Navy

Sports

• Deportivo Galicia, a Venezuelan football club
• FC Deportivo Galicia, an English football club
• Galícia Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club
• Brookhattan–Galicia, called Galicia 1958–1961, New York City soccer club
• Galicia national football team, the official football team of Galicia
• Galicia national football team (Eastern Europe), a Polish team

Other uses

• Galician Massif, a mountainous section of Galicia
• Galicia (crustacean), a fossil in family Erymidae
• Grupo Financiero Galicia
• Galicia Division, a division of the Waffen-SS composed of Ukrainian volunteers

See also

• Galatia (disambiguation)
• Galich (disambiguation)
• Galician (disambiguation)
• Galizia, a surname
• Halych