Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galway

/ˈɡɒːlweː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.22 in modern English

Syllables: Gal-way
IPA: /ˈɡɒːlweː/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.

name

A city in County Galway, Ireland.

name

A toponymic surname from Irish.

noun

Ellipsis of Galway hooker.

Example Sentences

"I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write / About a Galway Girl and a perfect night"
"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 […]"

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Irish

Word Breakdown

Root: Gaillimh, calad

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/

Inflected Forms

Galways (plural)

Derived Forms

Galwayman Galwaywoman Galwegian

Phrases

Galway Bay Galway hooker

Frequently Paired Words

Galloway

Synonyms

County Galway

Rhymes With

holway alway

Questions

How do you pronounce galway?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡɒːlweː/.
What does galway mean?: A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
Where does galway come from?: It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce galway

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