Galway

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˈɡɔːlweɪ/|/ˈɡoːlwɛj/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Ellipsis of Galway hooker. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
    — 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 […]
专有名词
  1. 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
  2. A city in County Galway, Ireland.
  3. A toponymic surname from Irish.

词形变化

Galways plural

词源

词源 1
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.
词源 2
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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