Galloway

American  

[gal-uh-wey] / ˈgæl əˌweɪ /

noun

1. a historic region in SW Scotland.

2. one of a Scottish breed of beef cattle having a coat of curly, black hair.

3. one of a Scottish breed of small, strong horses.

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Galloway British  

/ ˈɡæləˌweɪ /

noun

1. 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)

2. a breed of hardy beef cattle, usually black, originally bred in Galloway

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Example Sentences

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 category A-listed Tolbooth, which was built between 1735 and 1737, stands adjacent to the A76 - a main route linking Ayrshire and Dumfries and Galloway.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026

Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was working to minimise disruption and signs would be put in place confirming that local businesses were open as normal throughout the work.

From BBC • Apr. 21, 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