Name of Galicia
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The name of Galicia, an autonomous community of Spain and former kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, derives from the Latin toponym Callaecia, later Gallaecia, related to the name of an ancient tribe that resided north of the Douro river, the Gallaeci or Callaeci in Latin, or Kallaikói (καλλαικoι) in Greek.[1]
This article is about the etymology of the region of the Iberian Peninsula. For the region between Central and Eastern Europe, see Galicia (Eastern Europe).