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Taxonomy vs Gallegan - What's the difference?

taxonomy | gallegan |

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and gallegan

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while gallegan is galician, a citizen of galicia.

As a proper noun gallegan is

the galician language spoken in galicia although this language sounds like a mixture of spanish and portuguese, it is an independent language that evolved directly from latin.

taxonomy

Noun

(taxonomies)
  • The science or the technique used to make a classification.
  • A classification; especially , a classification in a hierarchical system.
  • (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
  • Synonyms

    * alpha taxonomy

    Derived terms

    * folk taxonomy * scientific taxonomy

    See also

    * classification * rank * taxon * domain * kingdom * subkingdom * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * class * subclass * infraclass * superorder * order * suborder * infraorder * parvorder * superfamily * family * subfamily * genus * species * subspecies * superregnum * regnum * subregnum * superphylum * phylum * subphylum * classis * subclassis * infraclassis * superordo * ordo * subordo * infraordo * taxon * superfamilia * familia * subfamilia * ontology

    gallegan

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Galician, a citizen of Galicia.
  • Usage notes

    * Galicians consider the term Gallegan much less preferable and correct than "Galician" because it is a second-hand translation based on the Spanish gallego.

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • The Galician language spoken in Galicia. Although this language sounds like a mixture of Spanish and Portuguese, it is an independent language that evolved directly from Latin.
  • Use of Gallegan and Galicia in "The Bible in Spain by George Borrow" (1842) [http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/borrow/george/bible/].

    Synonyms

    * Galician

    See also

    * Galicia * Galiza