Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Galicia or Halizia (Ukrainian: Галичина (Halychyna), Polish: Galicja, Romanian: Galitia/Halici, German: Galizien; Russian: Галиция (Galitsyia)/Russian: Галичина (Galichina), Czech: Halič, Slovak: Halič, Yiddish: גאליציע (Galitsie), Hungarian: Kaliz/Gácsország/Halics) is an historical region in Central Europe that presently straddles the border between Poland and Ukraine. The area, which is named after the medieval city of Halych, was first mentioned in Hungarian historic chronicles in the year 1206 as Galiciæ. In the 18th century the Galician region was enlarged with territories now found within the modern Polish provinces of Małopolskie Voivodeship and Podkarpackie Voivodeship.
The nucleus of Galicia lies within the modern regions of western Ukraine: Lviv, Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk near the modern Ukrainian city of Halych.
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