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Galway
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English
,County +
Etymology
en anglicization Anglicization of en ga Gaillimh, of uncertain meaning, said to mean "stony' (referring to the River Corrib). If so, it probably derives from en sga calad hard; compare caillou, of Gaulish origin.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɡɒːlweː/ Ireland
en /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/ RP
en /ˈɡoːlwɛj/ SSB
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Galway.wav Southern England
en GA
en /ˈɡɔlweɪ/ non-cot-caught
en /ˈɡɑlweɪ/ cot-caught
en ɔːlweɪ 2
en Gal way
Proper noun
A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
en County Galway
en 2017 Ed Sheeran Galway Girl (Ed Sheeran song) Galway Girl I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write / About a Galway Girl and a perfect night
en city county/Galway c/Ireland.
en Irish en toponymic.
Derived terms
en Galwayman, Galwaywoman Galwegian Galway hooker Galway Bay
Translations
county in Ireland
Arabic: ar مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ f
Breton: br kontelezh Gaillimh f
Bulgarian: bg Голуей m, bg Каунти Голуей m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 加列維郡 gaa1 lit6 wai4 gwan6
Mandarin: cmn 戈爾韋郡 Gē'ěrwéi jùn
Esperanto: eo graflando Galivo
Finnish: fi Galway
French: fr Comté de Galway m
Georgian: ka გოლუეი, ka გოლუეის საგრაფო
German: de Galway n, de County Galway n
Hebrew: he מָחוֹז גולוויי m makhóz gólvey
Hindi: hi काउंटी गॉलवे m
Irish: ga Gaillimh f, ga Contae na Gaillimhe m
Italian: it Galway m, it contea di Galway f
Japanese: ja ゴールウェイ州 ゴールウェイしゅう, Gōruwei-shū
Korean: ko ^골웨이 주
Latin: la Comitātus Gallivēnsis m
Lithuanian: lt Golvėjaus grafystė f
Macedonian: mk Го́лвеј m
Manx: gv Galliu f, gv Coontae ny Galliu f
Marathi: mr गॉलवे
Persian: fa شهرستان گالوی šahrestân-e gâlve
Polish: pl Galway m
Russian: ru Го́луэй m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Голвеј m
Latin: sh Galway m
Ukrainian: uk Го́лвей m, uk Го́луей m
city in Ireland
Arabic: ar غَالْوَايْ m
Armenian: hy Գոլուէյ
Azerbaijani: az Qoluey
Breton: br Gaillimh f
Bulgarian: bg Голуей m
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 加列維 gaa1 lit6 wai4
Mandarin: cmn 戈爾韋 Gē'ěrwéi
Esperanto: eo Galivo
Finnish: fi Galway
French: fr Galway m
Georgian: ka გოლუეი
German: de Galway n
Greek: el Γκόλγουεϊ n
Hebrew: he גולוויי m gólvey
Hindi: hi गॉलवे m
Irish: ga Gaillimh f, ga Cathair na Gaillimhe f
Middle Irish: mga Gailleb f
Italian: it Galway f
Japanese: ja ゴールウェイ Gōruwei
Korean: ko ^골웨이
Latin: la Galvia f
Latvian: lv Golveja f
Lithuanian: lt Golvėjus m
Macedonian: mk Го́лвеј m
Manx: gv Galliu f
Marathi: mr गॉलवे
Persian: fa گالوی gâlve
Polish: pl Galway m
Russian: ru Го́луэй m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Gaillimh f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Голвеј m
Latin: sh Galway m
Ukrainian: uk Го́лвей m, uk Го́луей m
See also
en Galloway
Noun
en nautical en Galway hooker.
en 1884 James Douglas Jerrold Kelley American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races 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
en Counties of Ireland
en exonyms