Galway

Galway

English

Etymology

Anglicization of Irish Gaillimh, of uncertain meaning, unrelated to Galloway.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlweɪ/

Proper noun

Galway

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

   Synonym: County Galway

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

Derived terms

• Galway Bay
• Galway hooker
• Galwayman, Galwaywoman
• Galwegian

 

Translations

county in Ireland

Arabic: مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ‎ f (muqāṭaʿa(t) ḡālwāy) Breton: kontelezh Gaillimh f Bulgarian: Голуей m (Goluej), Каунти Голуей m (Kaunti Goluej) Chinese: Cantonese: 加列維郡 (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 (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)

See also

• Galloway

Noun

Galway (plural Galways)

1. Short for Galway hooker.
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