Re: Galicia, Spain & Galicia, Poland #general


Lewis Baratz <fiocco@...>
 

Actually, there's another theory...There are other Galicias, also in
Eurasia - it's quite possible that the common name indicates a calling card
of the Goths/Visigoths of the so-called dark ages, i.e., after the final
fall of Rome and the Carolingian period.
Lewis Baratz
Simon Barak wrote:

None whatsoever. Galicia in Poland-Austria-Ukraine is a mispronuntation
of Haliz, the first prince and founder of the county. Galicia in Spain
is derived >from latin (Gallia, Gaul = France)

Ana Kurland wrote:

Is there any relationship between the 2 Galicias?

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