Galway

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

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlweɪ/

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
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)

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
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)

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 […]

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