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Gallovidian, a. and n.|gæləˈvɪdɪən|
In 7 Gallowedian.
[f. med.L. Gallovidia + -an. Gallovidia (also Galloweithia, Galweia, etc.) is a Lat. form of Welsh Gallwyddel = Irish Gall-gaidhil, lit. ‘foreign Gaels’, now Galloway, a district in the SW. of Scotland (the shires of Wigton and Kircudbright).]
A. adj. Belonging to Galloway.
B. n. A native of that district.
1632Lithgow Trav. 495 Gallowedian Nagges. 1824Mactaggart (title) The Scottish Gallovidian Encyclopedia. 1863W. Anderson Geneal. & Surn. in Herald & Genealogist (1865) July 254 The name, however, has neither a Scotch, nor an English derivation, being purely Celtic and Gallovidian. 1875W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 52 The Romans were no peaceable visitants of the pagan Gallovidians. |