Meanings
- A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write / About a Galway Girl and a perfect night
2017, “Galway Girl”, performed by Ed SheeranSynonyms: County Galway
plural Galways
- abbreviationellipsisnauticalEllipsis of Galway hooker.
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 […]
1884, James Douglas Jerrold Kelley, American Yachts: Their Clubs and Races, page 161
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounA county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
Origin
- Old Irishcalad“hard”
- IrishGaillimh
- EnglishGalway
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.
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Arabic مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ, غَالْوَايْ
- مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْcounty in Ireland
- غَالْوَايْ (ḡālwāy)city in Ireland
Bulgarian Голуей, Каунти Голуей
- Голуей (Goluej)county in Ireland
- Каунти Голуей (Kaunti Goluej)county in Ireland
- Голуей (Goluej)city in Ireland
Chinese Cantonese 加列維郡 /加列维郡, 加列維 /加列维
- 加列維郡 /加列维郡 (gaa¹ lit⁶ wai⁴ gwan⁶)county in Ireland
- 加列維 /加列维 (gaa¹ lit⁶ wai⁴)city in Ireland
Chinese Mandarin 戈爾韋郡 /戈尔韦郡, 戈爾韋 /戈尔韦
- 戈爾韋郡 /戈尔韦郡 (Gē'ěrwéi jùn)county in Ireland
- 戈爾韋 /戈尔韦 (Gē'ěrwéi)city in Ireland
Esperanto graflando Galivo, Galivo
- graflando Galivocounty in Ireland
- Galivocity in Ireland
Finnish Galway, Galway
- Galwaycounty in Ireland
- Galwaycity in Ireland
French Comté de Galway, Galway
- Comté de Galwaycounty in Ireland
- Galwaycity in Ireland
German Galway, County Galway
- Galwaycounty in Ireland
- County Galwaycounty in Ireland
- Galwaycity in Ireland
Greek Γκόλγουεϊ
- Γκόλγουεϊ (Gkólgoueï)city in Ireland
Hebrew מָחוֹז גולוויי, גולוויי
- מָחוֹז גולוויי (makhóz gólvey)county in Ireland
- גולוויי (gólvey)city in Ireland
Hindi काउंटी गॉलवे, गॉलवे
- काउंटी गॉलवे (kāuṇṭī gŏlve)county in Ireland
- गॉलवे (gŏlve)city in Ireland
Irish Gaillimh, Contae na Gaillimhe
- Gaillimhcounty in Ireland
- Contae na Gaillimhecounty in Ireland
- Gaillimhcity in Ireland
- Cathair na Gaillimhecity in Ireland
Italian Galway, contea di Galway
- Galwaycounty in Ireland
- contea di Galwaycounty in Ireland
- Galwaycity in Ireland
Japanese ゴールウェイ州, ゴールウェイ
- ゴールウェイ州 (Gōruwei-shū)county in Ireland
- ゴールウェイ (Gōruwei)city in Ireland
Korean 골웨이 주, 골웨이
- 골웨이 주 (Gorwei ju)county in Ireland
- 골웨이 (Gorwei)city in Ireland
Latin Comitātus Gallivēnsis, Galvia
- Comitātus Gallivēnsiscounty in Ireland
- Galviacity in Ireland
Latvian Golveja
- Golvejacity in Ireland
Lithuanian Golvėjaus grafystė, Golvėjus
- Golvėjaus grafystėcounty in Ireland
- Golvėjuscity in Ireland
Persian شهرستان گالوی, گالوی
- شهرستان گالوی (šahrestân-e gâlve)county in Ireland
- گالوی (gâlve)city in Ireland
Polish Galway, Galway
- Galwaycounty in Ireland
- Galwaycity in Ireland
Russian Го́луэй, Го́луэй
- Го́луэй (Góluej)county in Ireland
- Го́луэй (Góluej)city in Ireland
Scottish Gaelic Gaillimh
- Gaillimhcity in Ireland
Ukrainian Го́лвей, Го́луей
- Го́лвей (Hólvej)county in Ireland
- Го́луей (Hóluej)county in Ireland
- Го́лвей (Hólvej)city in Ireland
- Го́луей (Hóluej)city in Ireland
Cite this entry
Galway. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galway
“Galway.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galway. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Galway,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Galway.
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