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

It added that they would create an "astronomical observatory, planetarium and visitor centre in the heart of the internationally-recognised Galloway Forest Dark Sky Park".

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

A number of options were considered before settling on the site in Galloway.

From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026

Dumfries and Galloway Council said it was aware of one marking a visit by Mountbatten-Windsor to Castle Douglas Primary School which he opened in 2009.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

I was working as a reporter with the Dumfries and Galloway Standard in 1998 when I got one of the most memorable calls of my career.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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