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Galloway

Noun CEFR B2
ˈɡæləweɪ

Definitions

  1. A kind of small horse originally bred in Galloway, Scotland.
  2. A formerly Gaelic-speaking geographic region in the southwestern-most corner of Scotland, now part of Dumfries and Galloway council area. Capital: Kirkcudbright.
  3. One of a breed of beef-producing cattle, originating in Galloway, Scotland.
  4. A number of places in the United States:
  5. An unincorporated community in Lakefield Township, Saginaw County and Lafayette Township, Gratiot County, Michigan.
  6. A neighbourhood of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.
  7. A township in Atlantic County, New Jersey.
  8. An unincorporated community in Prairie Township, Franklin County, Ohio.
  9. An unincorporated community in Panola County, Texas.
  10. A census-designated place and coal town in Barbour County, West Virginia.
  11. An unincorporated community in the town of Franzen, Marathon County, Wisconsin.
  12. A locality in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
  13. A rural locality in Central Otago district, north-east of Alexandra, Otago, New Zealand.
  14. A surname.

Equivalents

Françaisgalloway
العربيةغالواي

Examples

but if you have no mercy upon them, yet ſpare your ſelfe, leſt you bejade the good Galloway, your owne opiniaſter Wit,”
“‘Don't you remember a famous trotting galloway I had, two years ago, that I bought at Tattersall's, that would go fifteen miles within the hour?’”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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