Gallowa
See also: gallowa
Scots
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Alternative forms
[edit]- gallawa (dialectal, variant spelling)
- gallowa (dialectal, variant spelling)
- Galloway (dialectal, variant spelling)
Etymology
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Borrowed from English Galloway, originally referring to the district in southwest Scotland where such small horses and cattle were bred. Shortened in Scots speech to Gallowa.
Pronunciation
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[edit]Gallowa (plural Gallowas)
- Pony or a small wiry horse bred in Galloway.
- 2020, Anastasija Ropa, Timothy Dawson, The Horse in Premodern European Culture, →ISBN, page 238:
- … to be the closest living relatives of the now extinct Galloway, still use the term either in conjunction (Dales Galloway, Fell Galloway) or as a stand-alone (including the forms Gallowa and …
- A stocky, hornless breed of black cattle.
- 2023, Ian Mitchell, Mountain Footfalls, →ISBN, page 238:
- …But a little diversion was provided once back at the car when we saw a herd of Gallowa 'belties'…
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Gallowa
- Galloway, a region in Scotland.
- Coordinate term: Dumfries an Gallowa
- 1806, The Scots Magazine and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, Poerty - THE HILLS O' GALLOWA', page 288:
- ... Ye powers wha rowe this yirthen ba', An' O sae blythe through life I'll steer Amang the hills o' Gallowa'. ...
- 1831, Allan Cunningham, Fraser's magazine for town and country, 1830-1869, THE BIRD AND EGG.--A TALE., page 693:
- ... And sic a hill! high, large, and round! The three times sifted snaw, Ne'er shone sae white on ony hill, In all wide Gallowa. ...
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[edit]References
[edit]- “Gallowa”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.