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gallaecian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
gal-lae-cian
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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

One of the Gallaeci.

adj

Relating to Gallaecia or the Gallaeci.

Etymology

From Gallaeci + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Gallaecians (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

Galician

Questions

What does gallaecian mean?
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.
Where does gallaecian come from?
From Gallaeci + -an.

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