Galloway
Americannoun
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a historic region in SW Scotland.
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one of a Scottish breed of beef cattle having a coat of curly, black hair.
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one of a Scottish breed of small, strong horses.
noun
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an area of SW Scotland, on the Solway Firth: consists of the former counties of Kirkcudbright and Wigtown, now part of Dumfries and Galloway; in the west is a large peninsula, the Rhinns of Galloway, with the Mull of Galloway, a promontory, at the south end of it (the southernmost point of Scotland)
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a breed of hardy beef cattle, usually black, originally bred in Galloway
Example Sentences
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Vox’s podcast network is responsible for shows including “Pivot,” by tech journalist Kara Swisher and entrepreneur Scott Galloway, as well as “The Curiosity Shop” with Brené Brown and Adam Grant and Maria Sharapova’s “Pretty Tough.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
SNP leader and First Minister John Swinney will be hoping to sway voters in Dumfries and Galloway on bank holiday Monday.
From BBC • May 3, 2026
The programme has been shot across the UK and Ireland, including in Norfolk, Donegal, the River Dee in North Wales and Dumfries and Galloway.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026
The park, if created, would have covered large parts of Dumfries and Galloway, as well as parts of Ayrshire.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
The calamity wreaked by the De Soto expedition, Ramenofsky and Galloway argued, extended across the whole Southeast.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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