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 […]
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