Galicia (Eastern Europe) ||This article includes a list of
references, but its sources remain unclear because it has
insufficient inline citations. (December 2010)| Galicia or
Halychyna (Ukrainian: Галичина, Halychyna; Polish: Galicja;
Romanian: Galiția/Halici; German: Galizien; Russian:
Галиция/Галичина, Galitsiya/Galichina; Czech: Halič; Slovak:
Halič; Yiddish: גאַליציע, Galytsye; Hungarian:
Galícia/Kaliz/Gácsország/Halics) is a historical region in
Central Europe that currently 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. Origins and variations of the name In
the 13th century King Andrew II of Hungary used the style
Galicia et Lodomeria - a Latinised version of the Slavic names
Halych and Volod