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Galway

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Gal·way  (gôlw)
A region of west-central Ireland bordering on Galway Bay, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. The city of Galway (population, 72,400) was incorporated in the late 14th century and is today an important industrial and tourist center.
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Noun1.GalwayGalway - a port city in western Ireland on Galway Bay
Eire, Ireland, Irish Republic, Republic of Ireland - a republic consisting of 26 of 32 counties comprising the island of Ireland; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1921


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He's a Galway man inhabitin' South Boston, where they all live mostly, an' mostly them Galway men are good in a boat.
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I tell you, sir, a foreigner, or, for the matter of that, an unaccredited native, can't get within four miles of Lydd nowadays --not to mention our little circus at Aldershot, and the experimental camp in Galway.
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