Galicia may refer to:

Geographic regions

Galicia (Spain) Galicia ( ; or ; ) is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain and nationalities and regions of Spain, historic nationality under Spanish law. Located in the northwest Iberian Peninsula, it includes the provinces o ...

, a region and autonomous community of northwestern Spain **

Gallaecia Gallaecia, also known as Hispania Gallaecia, was the name of a Roman province in the north-west of Hispania, approximately present-day Galicia, northern Portugal, Asturias and Leon and the later Kingdom of Gallaecia. The Roman cities inclu ...

, a Roman province ** The post-Roman

Kingdom of the Suebi The Kingdom of the Suebi (), also called the Kingdom of Galicia () or Suebi Kingdom of Galicia (), was a Germanic peoples, Germanic Migration Period, post-Roman kingdom that was one of the first to separate from the Roman Empire. Based in the fo ...

, also called the Kingdom of Gallaecia ** The medieval

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. In the early 10th century, the Kingdom of Galicia was formed following the div ...

** The Republic of Galicia, which only lasted for a few hours on 27 June 1931 *

Galicia (Eastern Europe) Galicia ( ;"Galicia"
''Collins English Dictionary'' also known by the Variant name (geo ...

, a historical region in southeastern Poland and western Ukraine ** The

Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia The Principality or, from 1253, Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, also known as the Kingdom of Ruthenia, Kingdom of Rus', or Kingdom of Russia, also Halych–Volhynian Kingdom was a medieval state in Eastern Europe which existed from 1199 to 1349. I ...

or Kingdom of Rus, a medieval kingdom ** The

Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria The Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, also known as Austrian Galicia or colloquially Austrian Poland, was a constituent possession of the Habsburg monarchy in the historical region of Galicia (Eastern Europe), Galicia in Eastern Europe. The Cr ...

, a crown land of the Austrian Empire and later the Austrian half (Cisleithania) of Austria-Hungary **

West Galicia New Galicia or West Galicia ( or ''Galicja Zachodnia''; or ''Westgalizien'') was an administrative region of the Habsburg monarchy, constituted from the territory annexed in the course of the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. The Austrian E ...

or New Galicia, a short-lived administrative region of the Austrian Empire, eventually merged into the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria ** The

District of Galicia The District of Galicia (, , ) was a World War II administrative unit of the General Government created by Nazi Germany on 1 August 1941 after the start of Operation Barbarossa, based loosely within the borders of the ancient Principality o ...

, part of the Nazi General Government during the World War II occupation of Poland

Named after Spanish Galicia

Galicia, Aklan Madalag, officially the Municipality of Madalag ( Aklanon: ''Banwa it Madalag''; Hiligaynon: ''Banwa sang Madalag''; ), is a municipality in the province of Aklan, Philippines. It is Aklan's largest municipality by land area and also the most ...

, a barangay in Panay, Philippines *

Nueva Galicia Nuevo Reino de Galicia (New Kingdom of Galicia; ) or simply Nueva Galicia (''New Galicia'', ''Nova Galicia''), known in Nahuatl as Chimalhuacán (‘the land of shield bearers’), was an autonomous kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. It w ...

, a region of New Spain that joined Mexico * Nueva Galicia, an old name applied to the

Chiloé Archipelago The Chiloé Archipelago (, , ) is a group of islands lying off the coast of Chile, in the Los Lagos Region. It is separated from mainland Chile by the Chacao Channel in the north, the Sea of Chiloé in the east and the Gulf of Corcovado in the s ...

in southern Chile

Ships

* Spanish ship ''Galicia'' (1750), Spanish third-rate ship of the line * ''Galicia''-class landing platform dock, a ship class of the Spanish Navy ** Spanish ship ''Galicia'' (L51), lead ship of the ''Galicia''-class * Spanish landing ship ''Galicia'' (L31), formerly USS ''San Marcos'', bought in 1974 by the Spanish Navy

Sports

Deportivo Galicia Deportivo Galicia Fútbol Club (later Galicia de Aragua) was a traditional Football (soccer), football club from Venezuela that competed in Segunda División Venezolana. History Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2002, to Maracay, in the st ...

, a Venezuelan football club * FC Deportivo Galicia, an English football club *

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 ...

, a Brazilian football club *

Brookhattan–Galicia Brookhattan was an American soccer club based in New York City that was a member of the professional American Soccer League (ASL) from 1933 to 1962. The name is a blend of the names of Manhattan and Brooklyn where it played. It later changed ...

, called Galicia 1958–1961, New York City soccer club *

Galicia national football team The Galicia national football team is the official football team of Galicia. It is organised by the Galician Football Federation. The team is not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and is, therefore, only allowed to play friendly matches. History E ...

, a Spanish team *

Galicja national football team The Galicia national football team () was a football team representing Galicia, one of the crown lands of the Austria-Hungary. It was managed by the Polish Football Association, subordinate to the Austrian Football Association. It was not a FIF ...

, a Polish team

Other uses

* ''Galicia'' (crustacean), a fossil in family

Erymidae Erymidae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived for 100 million years, from the Permo-Triassic boundary to the Albian. Eleven genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family a ...

Grupo Financiero Galicia Grupo Financiero Galicia S.A. is a financial services holding company based in Buenos Aires, and its banking operations are the fifth largest in Argentina, as well as the largest among all domestically-owned private banks in the country.

Geographic regions

Named after Spanish Galicia

Ships

Sports

Other uses

See also