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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"Is this an amazing company or is it ridiculously overvalued? The answer is yes," quipped Scott Galloway, a marketing professor at NYU Stern.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
Dumfries and Galloway received the greatest total number of claims, with over 3,100, while Shetland Islands Council received just one.
From BBC • May 14, 2026
“Barry understood what made comedy function better than anyone I know,” Stephen Galloway, the dean of Dodge College, told The Times in an emailed statement.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
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
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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