In Ukranian we call it Galichina. I think Russia have Galichina too. It’s called Galich.
In Polish it’s Galicja, named after the city of… Halicz.
So Poland had Galicia and Brest.
In Galicia, we call it, “a nosa terra”
Our brothers!
In Turkey it is called Galatai
oh god, the first time i’v learnt that Galicia is also in Iberia confused the fuck out of me
/edit: out of curiosity here’s poll for non-poles/ukrainians/portugese/spanish: [Which Galicia comes to your mind first hearing the name?](https://strawpoll.com/ggvkdpsyd)
Hello from Polish side of Galicja!
Who would win in a fight?
Playing Iberia in crusader kings confused me as fuck as a Pole
Don’t forget Galatia in Central Turkey
Actually in Ukraine it’s called Galychyna, but it’s close
San Jose be like: Amateurs
So West-Galicia is in Eastern Poland, East-Galicia is in Western Ukraine and South-Galicia is in Northern Spain? This is confusing.
The last independent polities of the Galician Empire.
Galicia and Portugal are brothers <3
So Galicia is an exclave of Galicia.
Or possibly the other way round.
If I had a cent for every Galicia there are I would have two cents which is not a lot but it’s funny it happened twice.
I love Galicia. The hottest guy I ever met while traveling Europe in hostels was from Galicia. God he was hot. I think about him randomly. He was so nice too. Long live Galicia! Lol
There are Galatia in Turkey and Romania. I would add. Same name just slightly different spelling.
While the origins of those names will probably be forever shrouded by history, it is quite possible that both names have a Celtic origin, meaning either “salt”(~hal) or rock(~gall). There are plenty of other possible explanations for the names, however.
What’s even more interesting is that both places have produced famous people that have the exact same surname – Franko/Franco. In Ukraine, there was Ivan Franko, a poet and a prominent supporter of the Ukrainian independence movement, born in Halychyna. In Spain, there was, of course, Francisco Franco, also a nationalist dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975, born in … dramatic pause … Ferrol, Galicia.
After reading everywhere that Portugal could into eastern Europe, Galicia didn’t want to be left behind.
Russia warns Galicia to stay out of Ukraine.
Looks like Czechia trusted a fart.
Galicia Calidade
hello from south galicia
The Polish part of “Galicia” is not really Galicia. It was an artificial name given to the region by Austrians during the partitions who named the entire Polish partition [Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria) after the [principality of Galicia–Volhynia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia%E2%80%93Volhynia) that existed in the eastern part of the area 500 years earlier of which the Polish regions never been part of. So this name was used since about XIX century, before that the western part was just Lesser Poland (Polonia Minor) and the eastern part was Red Ruthenia. So it was pretty much a title created for the Habsburg emperor to give themselves some sort of legitimacy to occupy this area mainly in connection to some claims that Hungarians had to the eastern part from their brief period of the involvement in [Galicia-Volhynia wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia%E2%80%93Volhynia_Wars) during XIV century.
In Poland there was often a play on it’s name “Golicja and Głodomeria” which roughly translates to nude and hungry, as this area was one of the poorest parts of Austrian Empire, deliberately kept as agricultural frontier.
[The correct name for most of the Polish region marked on the map is Lesser Poland or if we want Latin names like this, it’s Polonia Minor.
](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Poland)
Well, the Polish half is considered Galicia only cause it was merged with Ukrainian original Galicia as an administrative unit in Austria-Hungary cause Austrians didn’t care, it has no connection to the original Principality of Halych, correct me if I wrong.
Why Georgia is lighter gray?😐 U seriously want to tell me that it’s not in Europe?
Great! Now do Silesia/Cilicia.
been playing BF One yesterday and was confused about the map name (i thought there’s bit much snow for a spain map)
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Sexy.
In Ukranian we call it Galichina. I think Russia have Galichina too. It’s called Galich.
In Polish it’s Galicja, named after the city of… Halicz.
So Poland had Galicia and Brest.
In Galicia, we call it, “a nosa terra”
Our brothers!
In Turkey it is called Galatai
oh god, the first time i’v learnt that Galicia is also in Iberia confused the fuck out of me
/edit: out of curiosity here’s poll for non-poles/ukrainians/portugese/spanish: [Which Galicia comes to your mind first hearing the name?](https://strawpoll.com/ggvkdpsyd)
Hello from Polish side of Galicja!
Who would win in a fight?
Playing Iberia in crusader kings confused me as fuck as a Pole
Don’t forget Galatia in Central Turkey
Actually in Ukraine it’s called Galychyna, but it’s close
San Jose be like: Amateurs
So West-Galicia is in Eastern Poland, East-Galicia is in Western Ukraine and South-Galicia is in Northern Spain? This is confusing.
The last independent polities of the Galician Empire.
Galicia and Portugal are brothers <3
So Galicia is an exclave of Galicia.
Or possibly the other way round.
If I had a cent for every Galicia there are I would have two cents which is not a lot but it’s funny it happened twice.
We Austrians also got one: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallizien
Galiza caralhoo <33
I fucking love this map so much
I love Galicia. The hottest guy I ever met while traveling Europe in hostels was from Galicia. God he was hot. I think about him randomly. He was so nice too. Long live Galicia! Lol
There are Galatia in Turkey and Romania. I would add. Same name just slightly different spelling.
While the origins of those names will probably be forever shrouded by history, it is quite possible that both names have a Celtic origin, meaning either “salt”(~hal) or rock(~gall). There are plenty of other possible explanations for the names, however.
What’s even more interesting is that both places have produced famous people that have the exact same surname – Franko/Franco. In Ukraine, there was Ivan Franko, a poet and a prominent supporter of the Ukrainian independence movement, born in Halychyna. In Spain, there was, of course, Francisco Franco, also a nationalist dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975, born in … dramatic pause … Ferrol, Galicia.
After reading everywhere that Portugal could into eastern Europe, Galicia didn’t want to be left behind.
Russia warns Galicia to stay out of Ukraine.
Looks like Czechia trusted a fart.
Galicia Calidade
hello from south galicia
The Polish part of “Galicia” is not really Galicia. It was an artificial name given to the region by Austrians during the partitions who named the entire Polish partition [Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia_and_Lodomeria) after the [principality of Galicia–Volhynia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia%E2%80%93Volhynia) that existed in the eastern part of the area 500 years earlier of which the Polish regions never been part of. So this name was used since about XIX century, before that the western part was just Lesser Poland (Polonia Minor) and the eastern part was Red Ruthenia. So it was pretty much a title created for the Habsburg emperor to give themselves some sort of legitimacy to occupy this area mainly in connection to some claims that Hungarians had to the eastern part from their brief period of the involvement in [Galicia-Volhynia wars](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicia%E2%80%93Volhynia_Wars) during XIV century.
In Poland there was often a play on it’s name “Golicja and Głodomeria” which roughly translates to nude and hungry, as this area was one of the poorest parts of Austrian Empire, deliberately kept as agricultural frontier.
[The correct name for most of the Polish region marked on the map is Lesser Poland or if we want Latin names like this, it’s Polonia Minor.
](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_Poland)
Well, the Polish half is considered Galicia only cause it was merged with Ukrainian original Galicia as an administrative unit in Austria-Hungary cause Austrians didn’t care, it has no connection to the original Principality of Halych, correct me if I wrong.
Why Georgia is lighter gray?😐 U seriously want to tell me that it’s not in Europe?
Great! Now do Silesia/Cilicia.
been playing BF One yesterday and was confused about the map name (i thought there’s bit much snow for a spain map)
yes im bad at history
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallizien](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallizien)
you missed a spot
You forgot “Gallizien” in Austria
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallizien
United Galician Republic now!