Galloway

//ˈɡæləweɪ// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.
  2. 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,"

  3. 3
    breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A formerly Gaelic-speaking geographic region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Capital: Kirkcudbright.
  2. 2
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County and Lafayette Township, Gratiot County, Michigan.
  3. 3
    A number of places in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
  4. 4
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in the town of Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  4. 9
    A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
  5. 10
    A rural locality in Central Otago district, north-east of Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand.
  6. 11
    A surname.

Synonyms

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cattlecuddygallowagarrangarrangarron

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"but if you have no mercy upon them, yet ſpare your ſelfe, leſt you bejade the good Galloway, your owne opiniaſter Wit,"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Scottish Gaelic Gall-Ghàidhealaibhbor. English Galloway English galloway From Galloway, Scotland, where they were bred.

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