Galway

English

Etymology

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

• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒːlweː/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/
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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlweɪ/
• (General American, cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑlweɪ/

Proper noun

Galway

1. 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

2. A city in County Galway, Ireland.
3. A toponymic surname from Irish.

Derived terms

• Galway Bay
• Galway hooker
• Galwayman, Galwaywoman
• Galwegian

Translations

county in Ireland

• Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ f (muqāṭaʕa(t) ḡālwāy)
• Breton: kontelezh Gaillimh f
• Bulgarian: Голуей m (Goluej), Каунти Голуей m (Kaunti Goluej)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 加列維郡 / 加列维郡 (gaa¹ lit⁶ wai⁴ gwan⁶)

  Mandarin: 戈爾韋郡 / 戈尔韦郡 (Gē'ěrwéi jùn)

• Esperanto: graflando Galivo
• Finnish: Galway
• French: Comté de Galway m
• Georgian: გოლუეი (goluei), გოლუეის საგრაფო (golueis sagrapo)
• German: Galway (de) n, County Galway n
• Hebrew: מָחוֹז גולוויי m (makhóz gólvey)
• Hindi: काउंटी गॉलवे m (kāuṇṭī gŏlve)
• Irish: Gaillimh f, Contae na Gaillimhe m
• Italian: Galway (it) m, contea di Galway f
• Japanese: ゴールウェイ州 (ゴールウェイしゅう, Gōruwei-shū)
• Korean: 골웨이 주 (Gorwei ju)
• Latin: Comitātus Gallivēnsis m
• Lithuanian: Golvėjaus grafystė f
• Macedonian: Го́лвеј m (Gólvej)
• Manx: Galliu f, Coontae ny Galliu f
• Marathi: गॉलवे (gŏlve)
• Persian: شهرستان گالوی (šahrestân-e gâlve)
• Polish: Galway (pl) m
• Russian: Го́луэй m (Góluej)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Голвеј m

  Roman: Galway m

• Ukrainian: Го́лвей m (Hólvej), Го́луей m (Hóluej)

city in Ireland

• Arabic: غَالْوَايْ m (ḡālwāy)
• Armenian: Գոլուէյ (Goluēy)
• Azerbaijani: Qoluey
• Breton: Gaillimh f
• Bulgarian: Голуей m (Goluej)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 加列維 / 加列维 (gaa¹ lit⁶ wai⁴)

  Mandarin: 戈爾韋 / 戈尔韦 (Gē'ěrwéi)

• Esperanto: Galivo
• Finnish: Galway
• French: Galway (fr) m
• Georgian: გოლუეი (goluei)
• German: Galway (de) n
• Greek: Γκόλγουεϊ n (Gkólgoueï)
• Hebrew: גולוויי m (gólvey)
• Hindi: गॉलवे m (gŏlve)
• Irish: Gaillimh f, Cathair na Gaillimhe f

  Middle Irish: Gailleb f

• Italian: Galway (it) f
• Japanese: ゴールウェイ (Gōruwei)
• Korean: 골웨이 (Gorwei)
• Latin: Galvia f
• Latvian: Golveja f
• Lithuanian: Golvėjus m
• Macedonian: Го́лвеј m (Gólvej)
• Manx: Galliu f
• Marathi: गॉलवे (gŏlve)
• Persian: گالوی (gâlve)
• Polish: Galway (pl) m
• Russian: Го́луэй m (Góluej)
• Scottish Gaelic: Gaillimh f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Голвеј m

  Roman: Galway m

• Ukrainian: Го́лвей m (Hólvej), Го́луей m (Hóluej)

See also

• Galloway

Noun

Galway (plural Galways)

1. (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 […]