Thanks, I did google it to make sure, after writing the funny comment. Apparently it’s a coincidence that the names are the same, the Polish name is the Latin version of its capital city, Halych, which is derived from the Easter Slavic word for a bird. In Spanish the region is Galitzia, to distinguish the names and to imitate how a polish would pronounce it I guess.
Spanish name is its evolution from the Latin Gallaeicia, the specific celtic people in the region.
I should have edited the comment after the research so that it’s a funny without being misinformation, though.
Fun fact: there is a similarly named region in Turkey, Galatia, that has a similar etymology as spanish Galicia. Galatia is called Galatia for the Gauls that lived there. Also celts but other celts.
Thanks, I did google it to make sure, after writing the funny comment. Apparently it’s a coincidence that the names are the same, the Polish name is the Latin version of its capital city, Halych, which is derived from the Easter Slavic word for a bird. In Spanish the region is Galitzia, to distinguish the names and to imitate how a polish would pronounce it I guess.
Spanish name is its evolution from the Latin Gallaeicia, the specific celtic people in the region.
I should have edited the comment after the research so that it’s a funny without being misinformation, though.
Fun fact: there is a similarly named region in Turkey, Galatia, that has a similar etymology as spanish Galicia. Galatia is called Galatia for the Gauls that lived there. Also celts but other celts.