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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A series of sculptures by Henry Moore and others stood around Glenkiln in Dumfries and Galloway as a bold example of artwork in the countryside.
From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026
A number of options were considered before settling on the site in Galloway.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
She said that available rental properties in Dumfries and Galloway were extremely scarce.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Dumfries and Galloway Council also approved a community asset transfer in 2019, which paved the way to realise its "inclusive community vision".
From BBC • Feb. 9, 2026
In the view of Ramenofsky and Patricia Galloway, an anthropologist at the University of Texas, the source of contagion was very likely not De Soto’s army but its ambulatory meat locker: his three hundred pigs.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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