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.
Meanings
(abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis 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:
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.
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 Sheeran:
eo graflando Galivo (county in Ireland) · ka გოლუეი (county in Ireland) · ar غَالْوَايْ (city in Ireland) · pl Galway (city in Ireland) · ga Cathair na Gaillimhe (city in Ireland) · gv Galliu (county in Ireland) · it contea di Galway (county in Ireland) · ko 골웨이 주 (county in Ireland) · bg Каунти Голуей (county in Ireland) · hy Գոլուէյ (city in Ireland) · eo Galivo (city in Ireland) · lv Golveja (city in Ireland) · mga Gailleb (city in Ireland) · fa شهرستان گالوی (county in Ireland) · br kontelezh Gaillimh (county in Ireland) · uk Го́луей (county in Ireland) · it Galway (county in Ireland) · de County Galway (county in Ireland) · uk Го́лвей (county in Ireland) · hi काउंटी गॉलवे (county in Ireland) · ru Го́луэй (county in Ireland) · ka გოლუეი (city in Ireland) · fi Galway (county in Ireland) · yue 加列維郡 /加列维郡 (county in Ireland) · bg Голуей (county in Ireland) · pl Galway (county in Ireland) · la Comitātus Gallivēnsis (county in Ireland) · he גולוויי (city in Ireland) · lt Golvėjaus grafystė (county in Ireland) · de Galway (city in Ireland) · mk Го́лвеј (county in Ireland) · ga Contae na Gaillimhe (county in Ireland) · ka გოლუეის საგრაფო (county in Ireland) · hi गॉलवे (city in Ireland) · gv Galliu (city in Ireland) · el Γκόλγουεϊ (city in Ireland) · uk Го́луей (city in Ireland) · cmn 戈爾韋 /戈尔韦 (city in Ireland) · cmn 戈爾韋郡 /戈尔韦郡 (county in Ireland) · fr Galway (city in Ireland) · de Galway (county in Ireland) · br Gaillimh (city in Ireland) · sh Голвеј (county in Ireland) · sh Galway (city in Ireland) · la Galvia (city in Ireland) · sh Galway (county in Ireland) · mr गॉलवे (city in Ireland) · fi Galway (city in Ireland) · sh Голвеј (city in Ireland) · gd Gaillimh (city in Ireland) · ja ゴールウェイ (city in Ireland) · mk Го́лвеј (city in Ireland) · ko 골웨이 (city in Ireland) · fr Comté de Galway (county in Ireland) · ga Gaillimh (city in Ireland) · ru Го́луэй (city in Ireland) · lt Golvėjus (city in Ireland) · fa گالوی (city in Ireland) · mr गॉलवे (county in Ireland) · yue 加列維 /加列维 (city in Ireland) · gv Coontae ny Galliu (county in Ireland) · it Galway (city in Ireland) · uk Го́лвей (city in Ireland) · he מָחוֹז גולוויי (county in Ireland) · ga Gaillimh (county in Ireland) · az Qoluey (city in Ireland) · ja ゴールウェイ州 (county in Ireland) · bg Голуей (city in Ireland) · ar مُقَاطَعَة غَالْوَايْ (county in Ireland)