Galway
English edit
Etymology edit
Anglicization of Irish Gaillimh, of uncertain meaning, said to mean "stony' (referring to the River Corrib). If so, it probably derives from Old Irish calad (“hard”); compare caillou, of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlweɪ/
Proper noun edit
Galway
- A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
- Synonym: County Galway
- 2017, “Galway Girl”, performed by Ed Sheeran:
- I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write / About a Galway Girl and a perfect night
- A city in County Galway, Ireland.
- A toponymic surname from Irish.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
county in Ireland
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city in Ireland
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See also edit
Noun edit
Galway (plural Galways)
- (nautical) Ellipsis of Galway hooker.
- 1884, James Douglas Jerrold Kelley, American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races, page 161:
- In England there are Brighton Beach boats, Centre-board sloops, Pollywogs, Lough Erne yachts, Unas, New Brighton sailing-boats, yachts of the Norfolk Broads, Itchen, Clyde sailing and Keystone boats, Penzance luggers, Cobbles, Galways, Hookers and Pookhauns […]