Galway

Meaning

1. Ellipsis of Galway hooker.
2. A toponymic surname from Irish.
3. A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
4. A city in County Galway, Ireland.

Etymology / origin

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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