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Galician Americans (Galician: galegos americanos) are Americans of Galician descent. The Galicians (Galician: Galegos ; Spanish: Gallegos ) are a nationality, cultural and ethnolinguistic group whose historic homeland is Galicia , in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula (Europe).
The Galician diaspora is the ethnically Galician population outside of Galicia. The concept does not usually include the ethnic Galicians who live as natives in Spain or the adjacent country of Portugal. Massive emigration of the Galician people occurred during the last three decades of the 19th century until well into the mid-20th century.
Galicians (Galician: galegos [ɡaˈleɣʊs]; Spanish: gallegos [ɡaˈʎeɣos]) are a Romance-speaking European ethnic group [7] from northwestern Spain; they are closely related to the northern Portuguese people [8] and have their historic homeland in Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. [9]
Pages in category "American people of Galician descent" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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As we were on the way home from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (held each year in Stamford, Connecticut), it seemed especially appropriate. As a crossword blogger, I realized there was ...
According to Encarta Dictionary and Chambers Dictionary of Etymology, "dodo" comes from Portuguese doudo (currently, more often, doido) meaning "fool" or "crazy". The present Portuguese word dodô ("dodo") is of English origin. The Portuguese word doudo or doido may itself be a loanword from Old English (cp. English "dolt") [34] Embarrass
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