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GALLOWAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Breed of hardy black chiefly beef cattle native to Scotland
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Galloway" is a kind of...):
beef; beef cattle (cattle that are reared for their meat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A district in southwestern Scotland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
district; dominion; territorial dominion; territory (a region marked off for administrative or other purposes)
Holonyms ("Galloway" is a part of...):
Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)
Derivation:
Galwegian (of or relating to or characteristic of the Scottish district of Galloway or its people)
