The story
- Old Irish · derived fromcalad“hard”
- Irish · borrowed fromGaillimh
- English todayGalway
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.
Words from the same roots
Old Irishcalad all →
callow
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.