Galway

//ˈɡɒːlweː// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Ellipsis of Galway hooker. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

    "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 […]"

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.

    "I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write / About a Galway Girl and a perfect night"

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

Synonyms

All synonyms
county galwayhooker

Example

More examples

"I booked us a hotel in Galway tonight."

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.

Related phrases

Galway BayGalway hookerrepublic of ireland

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