galloway

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Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
17
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɡaləwe/
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/ˈɡaləwe/ · /ˈɡæləweɪ/

Definition of galloway

13 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. A formerly Gaelic-speaking geographic region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Capital: Kirkcudbright.
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  1. A formerly Gaelic-speaking geographic region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Capital: Kirkcudbright.
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  9. A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
  10. A rural locality in Central Otago district, north-east of Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand.
  11. A surname.

noun

  1. One of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.
  2. A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.
    “but if you have no mercy upon them, yet ſpare your ſelfe, leſt you bejade the good Galloway, your owne opiniaſter Wit,”
    “‘Don't you remember a famous trotting galloway I had, two years ago, that I bought at Tattersall's, that would go fifteen miles within the hour?’”

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Etymology

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic Gall-Ghàidhealaibhbor. English Galloway From Scottish Gaelic (eadar na) Gall-Ghàidhealaibh (literally “(among the) foreign Gaels”), a term used for Gaelic-speaking Norse settlers.

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