Galicia
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Geographic regions

  • Galicia (Spain), an autonomous community in northwestern Spain
    • Gallaecia
      Gallaecia
      Gallaecia 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 Galicia
      Kingdom of Galicia
      The 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 Galicia
        Nueva Galicia
        El 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 Archipelago
        Chiloé Archipelago
        Chiloé 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
  • Galicia (Eastern Europe), a historical region spanning southeastern Poland and western Ukraine
    • Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, a medieval kingdom
    • Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
      Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
      The 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 Galicia
      West Galicia
      New 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 Galicia
      District Galicia
      The 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 dock
    Galicia class landing platform dock
    The 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 Clube
    Galícia Esporte Clube
    Galícia 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 Galicia
    Deportivo Galicia
    Deportivo 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 Museum
    Galicia Jewish Museum
    The 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 Kazimierz
    Kazimierz
    Kazimierz 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:...

     (Poland
    Poland
    Poland , 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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