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Meaning of Galloway | Babel Free

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

العربية غالواي
Français galloway

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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