Galloway

:See George Galloway for the British Member of Parliament.

Name

Some scholars have proposed that the name 'Galloway' derives from The Gallgaidhill. Daphne Brooke, an eminent local placenames scholar, believed that the name was derived from 'Caleddon', the Brythonic form of the name written in Latin 'Caledonia'. The mutation would have gone 'Caleddon', 'Callewyddon', 'Callewydd', 'Galloway', a mutation pattern which can be traced in other Brythonic placenames.

Related Topics:
The Gallgaidhill - Brythonic - Caledonia - Brythonic

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