gallowa

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Geordie, Northern England, UK/ˈɡaləwə/

noun

pony, or a small horse.

Similar
cuddyhorsenagpony
OriginEnglish galloway ← Scots gallowa ← Scottish Gaelic Gall-Ghàidhealaibh →
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Meanings

noungallowa (plural gallowas)

plural gallowas · alternative galloway

  1. GeordieNorthern Englandpony, or a small horse.

    Young lads who've never seen a gallowa (pony)...

    1981, Raphael Samuel, People's History and Socialist Theory, →ISBN, page 65
    1 more example

    ..."galloways, a small, but spirited, breed of horses, from Galloway, a district of country in Scotland, famed for rearing them" Brockett Newc & Nth 1829; "A pony became a 'gallowa"...

    2005, Bill Griffiths, A dictionary of north east dialect, →ISBN, page 65

    Synonyms: cuddy, horse, nag, pony

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpony, or a small horse.

Similar
cuddyhorsenagpony
Also see
galloway

Origin

  1. Scottish GaelicGall-Ghàidhealaibh
  2. EnglishGalloway
  3. ScotsGallowa
  4. Scotsgallowa
  5. EnglishGalloway
  6. Englishgalloway
  7. Englishgallowa

From Middle English Galloway, originally denoting a small horse or pony bred in Galloway, a region of southwest Scotland. The term spread into northern English and Geordie dialects, where it was shortened to gallowa.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

wallago
Cite this entry
APA

gallowa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallowa

MLA

“gallowa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallowa. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gallowa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gallowa.

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