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Gallowa
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gallowa
Scots
+y pony
+y cattle
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thumb|Illustration of a Galloway Pony from 1842
thumb|Galloway Cattle
Alternative forms
sco gallawa dialectal, variant spelling
sco gallowa dialectal, variant spelling
sco Galloway dialectal, variant spelling
Etymology
sco scot Gallowa :bor en:Galloway<id:Galloway region> 1
Borrowed from sco en Galloway, originally referring to the district in southwest Scotland where such small horses and cattle were bred. Shortened in Scots speech to Gallowa.
Pronunciation
sco /ˈɡaləwə/ Scotland
Hyphenation: Gal‧lo‧wa
Noun
Pony or a small wiry horse bred in Galloway.
sco cuddie galloway garron horce hors powny
en 2020 Anastasija Ropa Timothy Dawson 9781501513787 238 The Horse in Premodern European Culture … to be the closest living relatives of the now extinct Galloway, still use the term either in conjunction (Dales Galloway, Fell Galloway) or as a stand-alone (including the forms Gallowa and …
A stocky, hornless breed of black cattle.
sco beast cou Galloway nowt
en 2023 Ian Mitchell 9781804250983 238 Mountain Footfalls …But a little diversion was provided once back at the car when we saw a herd of Gallowa 'belties'…
Hypernyms
sco horse
sco cou
sco kintra
Derived terms
sco gallowa
See also
en pony
en cattle
Proper noun
sco proper noun
Galloway, a region in Scotland.
sco Dumfries an Gallowa
en 1806 Poerty - THE HILLS O' GALLOWA' 288 The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany ... Ye powers wha rowe this yirthen ba', An' O sae blythe through life I'll steer Amang the hills o' Gallowa'. ...
en 1831 Allan Cunningham THE BIRD AND EGG.--A TALE. 693 Fraser's magazine for town and country, 1830-1869 ... And sic a hill! high, large, and round! The three times sifted snaw, Ne'er shone sae white on ony hill, In all wide Gallowa. ...
See also
Dumfries and Galloway
sco Dumfries an Gallowa
en Scotland
References