单词 | galician |
释义 | Galicianadj.1n.1 A. adj.1 Of or pertaining to Galicia, a province in north-west Spain, or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [adjective] > parts of Aragonese1513 Asturian1612 Andalusian1615 Galician1809 1809 tr. A. L. J. de Laborde View of Spain II. 428 This road is frequented by..a great many Galician workmen. 1823 T. Ross tr. F. Bouterwek Hist. Spanish & Portuguese Lit. I. 13 The vulgar idiom spoken by the Galician water~carriers in Madrid. 1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 29 Oct. 759/1 Her head is the Galician woman's carry-all. B. n.1 An inhabitant of Galicia; (also) the language of Galicia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > the Spaniards > [noun] > native or inhabitant of Spain > parts of Catalan1480 Gallego1596 Gadite1607 Andalusian1612 Asturian1612 Galician1749 Valencian1769 Castilian1779 Manchego1779 Catalonian1781 Aragonese1823 Manchegan1846 Leonese1865 1749 U. ap Rhys Tour Spain & Portugal 23 The Galicians make good Soldiers; and are pleased with the Profession. 1809 tr. A. L. J. de Laborde View of Spain II. 456 The Galician who serves either his master, or the public, or in the army, is contented to appear a slave. a1832 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XIX. 438/1 The Galicians, or Galegos as the Spaniards call them, are a grave and sober people. 1960 W. D. Elcock Romance Lang. v. 428 Galician, in the meantime, degenerated to a patois status; it is still widely spoken and practised as a literary cult by local enthusiasts. 1960 W. D. Elcock Romance Lang. v. 428 Probably the earliest specimen of Galician-Portuguese to have survived is an act of partition dated 1230. 1966 Tablet 29 Jan. 144/2 Other Spanish languages, such as Basque and Galician. 1969 Daily Tel. 10 Jan. (Colour Suppl.) 32/1 The Asturians and Galicians dance in strong colours, kicking with controlled but fierce abandon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). Galicianadj.2n.2 A. adj.2 Of or pertaining to Galicia, a region of Poland and Ukraine, or its inhabitants. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of other eastern provinces > [adjective] Sarmatian1613 Sarmatic1723 Galician1835 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 131/2 The Galician soil is no where so productive as in the districts of Zloczoff and Stanislawoff. 1918 C. G. Montefiore Liberal Judaism & Hellenism v. 246 It has been too rashly assumed that the Russian, Polish and Galician ‘masses’ must be for ever wedded to Orthodox Judaism. 1927 Times (Weekly ed.) 16 June 664/4 He took charge of a Red-Cross unit on the Galician front. B. n.2 An inhabitant of Galicia. Also used loosely in Canada to denote a Central European immigrant. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > native or inhabitant of other eastern provinces > [noun] Macedonian1582 Wallachian1603 Pomeranian1652 Moldo-Wallachian1852 Galician1903 the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of Canada > [noun] > of central European origin Galician1903 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated Italo-Celtic > Romance > Spanish > varieties of Cantabrian1797 Aragonese1823 Bable1841 Castilian1860 Andalusian1887 Asturian1887 Leonese1887 ladino1889 Judezmo1942 Galician1960 1903 Eye Opener (High River, Alberta) 25 July 3/3 The lost tribes of Israel, in the dishevelled shapes of Galicians and Doukhobors. 1909 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 154/1 It is customary in the West to classify the various contingents which come from east-central Europe as Galicians. 1960 S. Becker tr. A. Schwarz-Bart Last of Just (1961) iii. 93 The young Galician followed him with a constrained smile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1n.11749adj.2n.21835 |
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