Galway

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
A city in County Galway, Ireland.
A toponymic surname from Irish.

noun

Ellipsis of Galway hooker.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡɒːlweː/ [ˈɡɒːlweː] /ˈɡɔːlweɪ̯/ [ˈɡɔːlweɪ̯] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Galway.wav /ˈɡɔlweɪ̯/ [ˈɡɔlweɪ̯] /ˈɡɑlweɪ̯/ [ˈɡɑlweɪ̯]

Word forms

Galway Galways

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.

Synonyms

County Galway

Related words

Galloway

Derived words

Galway Bay Galway hooker Galwayman Galwaywoman Galwegian

Translations

Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ Arabic: غَالْوَايْ Breton: kontelezh Gaillimh Breton: Gaillimh Bulgarian: Голуей Bulgarian: Каунти Голуей Chinese Cantonese: 加列維郡 /加列维郡 Chinese Cantonese: 加列維 /加列维 Chinese Mandarin: 戈爾韋郡 /戈尔韦郡 Chinese Mandarin: 戈爾韋 /戈尔韦 Esperanto: graflando Galivo Esperanto: Galivo Finnish: Galway French: Comté de Galway French: Galway Georgian: გოლუეი Georgian: გოლუეის საგრაფო German: Galway German: County Galway Hebrew: מָחוֹז גולוויי Hebrew: גולוויי Hindi: काउंटी गॉलवे Hindi: गॉलवे Irish: Gaillimh Irish: Contae na Gaillimhe Irish: Cathair na Gaillimhe Italian: Galway Italian: contea di Galway Japanese: ゴールウェイ州 Japanese: ゴールウェイ Korean: 골웨이 주 Korean: 골웨이 Latin: Comitātus Gallivēnsis Latin: Galvia Lithuanian: Golvėjaus grafystė Lithuanian: Golvėjus Macedonian: Го́лвеј Manx: Galliu Manx: Coontae ny Galliu Marathi: गॉलवे Persian: شهرستان گالوی Persian: گالوی Polish: Galway Russian: Го́луэй Serbo-Croatian: Голвеј Serbo-Croatian: Galway Ukrainian: Го́лвей Ukrainian: Го́луей Armenian: Գոլուէյ Azerbaijani: Qoluey Greek: Γκόλγουεϊ Middle Irish: Gailleb Latvian: Golveja Scottish Gaelic: Gaillimh

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