[ noun ] a language spoken in Galicia in northwestern Spain; it is between Portuguese and Spanish but closer to Portuguese; sometimes considered a Portuguese or Spanish dialect <noun.communication>
Galician \Ga*li"cian\, a. [Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L. Gallaecus, Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western Spain.] Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland. -- n. A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also {Gallegan}.
Downed with a glass of cool Galician apple cider, they make a delicious market-morning snack. EL BOMBERO There is nothing fancy about El Bombero, a small upstairs restaurant overlooking a narrow Santiago street.
Police speculated, however, that the assailants may belong to the Guerrilla Army of the Galician People, an obscure group seeking independence from Spain for the northwestern region of Galicia.