# Galway

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡɒːlweː/ · frequency rank #21,807

## Definitions
1. A county in the West of the Republic of Ireland.
2. A city in County Galway, Ireland.
3. A toponymic surname from Irish.

## Etymology
Anglicization of Irish Gaillimh, of uncertain meaning, said to mean "stony' (referring to the River Corrib). If so, it probably derives from Old Irish calad (“hard”); compare caillou, of Gaulish origin.

## Easily confused with
- **gateway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galway-vs-gateway)
- **gala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gala-vs-galway)
- **galaxy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galaxy-vs-galway)
- **galley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galley-vs-galway)
- **Galloway** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/galloway-vs-galway)

## Common misspellings (9)
`aglway`, `galawy`, `gallway`, `galwayy`, `galwway`, `galwya`, `gawlay`, `ggalway`, `glaway`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/galway