English
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.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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
Translations
county in Ireland
- Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ f (muqāṭaʕa(t) ḡālwāy)
- Breton: kontelezh Gaillimh f
- Bulgarian: Голуей m (Goluej), Каунти Голуей m (Kaunti Goluej)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 加列維郡 / 加列维郡 (gaa1 lit6 wai4 gwan6)
- Mandarin: 戈爾韋郡 / 戈尔韦郡 (Gē'ěrwéi jùn)
- Esperanto: graflando Galivo
- Finnish: Galway
- French: Comté de Galway m
- Georgian: გოლუეი (goluei), გოლუეის საგრაფო (golueis sagrapo)
- German: Galway (de) n, County Galway n
- Hebrew: מָחוֹז גולוויי m (makhóz gólvey)
- Hindi: काउंटी गॉलवे m (kāuṇṭī gŏlve)
- Irish: Gaillimh f, Contae na Gaillimhe m
- Italian: Galway (it) m, contea di Galway f
- Japanese: ゴールウェイ州 (ゴールウェイしゅう, Gōruwei-shū)
- Korean: 골웨이 주 (Gorwei ju)
- Latin: Comitātus Gallivēnsis m
- Lithuanian: Golvėjaus grafystė f
- Macedonian: Го́лвеј m (Gólvej)
- Manx: Galliu f, Coontae ny Galliu f
- Marathi: गॉलवे (gŏlve)
- Persian: شهرستان گالوی (šahrestân-e gâlve)
- Polish: Galway (pl) m
- Russian: Го́луэй m (Góluej)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Голвеј m
- Roman: Galway m
- Ukrainian: Го́лвей m (Hólvej), Го́луей m (Hóluej)
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city in Ireland
- Arabic: غَالْوَايْ m (ḡālwāy)
- Armenian: Գոլուէյ (Goluēy)
- Azerbaijani: Qoluey
- Breton: Gaillimh f
- Bulgarian: Голуей m (Goluej)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 加列維 / 加列维 (gaa1 lit6 wai4)
- Mandarin: 戈爾韋 / 戈尔韦 (Gē'ěrwéi)
- Esperanto: Galivo
- Finnish: Galway
- French: Galway (fr) m
- Georgian: გოლუეი (goluei)
- German: Galway (de) n
- Greek: Γκόλγουεϊ n (Gkólgoueï)
- Hebrew: גולוויי m (gólvey)
- Hindi: गॉलवे m (gŏlve)
- Irish: Gaillimh f, Cathair na Gaillimhe f
- Middle Irish: Gailleb f
- Italian: Galway (it) f
- Japanese: ゴールウェイ (Gōruwei)
- Korean: 골웨이 (Gorwei)
- Latin: Galvia f
- Latvian: Golveja f
- Lithuanian: Golvėjus m
- Macedonian: Го́лвеј m (Gólvej)
- Manx: Galliu f
- Marathi: गॉलवे (gŏlve)
- Persian: گالوی (gâlve)
- Polish: Galway (pl) m
- Russian: Го́луэй m (Góluej)
- Scottish Gaelic: Gaillimh f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Голвеј m
- Roman: Galway m
- Ukrainian: Го́лвей m (Hólvej), Го́луей m (Hóluej)
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See also
Noun
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 […]