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Galicia , Pol. Galicja, Ukr. Halychyna, Rus. Galitsiya, historic region (32,332 sq mi/83,740 sq km), SE Poland and W Ukraine, covering the slopes of the N Carpathians and plains to the north and bordering on Slovakia in the south. It is drained by the upper Dniester, the upper Vistula, and the San, which divides Galicia into the western (Polish) and the eastern (Ukrainian) parts. The Polish section (area 13,226 sq mi/34,255 sq km) covers Rzeszów and the larger part of Kraków provinces; the Ukrainian section (area 19,106 sq mi/49,485 sq km) includes Lviv, Ivano-Franki... Read more

Galicia
Galicia Region of se Poland (Western Galicia) and w Ukraine (Eastern Galicia), on the slopes of the Carpathian Mountains ( n ) and bordering the Czech Republic ( s ). The major cities are Kraków (Poland) and Lvov (Ukraine). After passing to... Read more

Galicia
Galicia, Poland‐Ukraine, Spain 1. Poland‐Ukraine: annexed to Poland in 1349, it was attached to Austria in 1772 at the time of the first partition of Poland. In 1815 it became part of the Kingdom of Galicia. Galicia was returned to Poland at the end of the First World War. At the end of the ... Read more

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	"Chava" y Joaquín: pleito de hermanos.(Salvador Barragán Camacho y Joaquín Hernández Galicia, sindicalistas)(TT: "Chava" and Joaquín: quarrel of siblings.)(TA: Salvador Barragán Camacho and Joaquín Hernández Galicia, union leaders)

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