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Gallaecian

Gallaecian proper noun: northwestern Hispano-Celtic, an extinct language of the Celtic family, spoken by the Gallaeci at the beginning of the first millennium CE in a north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Proper noun

Gallaecian

  1. Northwestern Hispano-Celtic, an extinct language of the Celtic family, spoken by the Gallaeci at the beginning of the first millennium CE in a north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula.

Noun

Gallaecian (plural Gallaecians)

  1. One of the Gallaeci.

Adjective

Gallaecian

  1. Relating to Gallaecia or the Gallaeci.

Forms of Gallaecian

pluralGallaecians

Origin of Gallaecian

From Gallaeci + -an.

Questions about Gallaecian

What does Gallaecian mean?
Gallaecian means northwestern Hispano-Celtic, an extinct language of the Celtic family, spoken by the Gallaeci at the beginning of the first millennium CE in a north-western part of the Iberian Peninsula.
What part of speech is Gallaecian?
Gallaecian can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.

Words near Gallaecian in the dictionary

  1. gallabiyehs
  2. gallacetophenone
  3. Gallacher
  4. Gallachers
  5. Gallaeci
  6. Gallaecian
  7. Gallaecians
  8. Gallafent
  9. Gallaga
  10. Gallagas
  11. Gallager

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