Encyclopedia

Galitzine The Galitzines, more correctly the Golitsyns (), are one of the largest and noblest princely houses of Russia. Since the extinction of the Korecki family in the 17th century, the Galitzines have claimed dynastic seniority in the House of Gediminas.
Galium Galium is a large genus of annual and perennial herbaceous plants in the family Rubiaceae, with about 400 species occurring in the temperate zones of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. The species are variously known as bedstraw (most species), goosegrass (G.
Galium triflorum Galium triflorum (common name Sweet-scented Bedstraw) is a herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. It exists in creeps along the forest floor, with whorled leaves and single fruiting peduncles rising above basal rosettes.
Galium verum Galium verum (Lady's Bedstraw or Yellow Bedstraw) is a herbaceous annual plant of the family Rubiaceae, native to Europe and Asia. It is a low scrambling plant, with the stems growing to 60-120 cm long, frequently rooting where they touch the ground.
Gall Galls or plant galls are proliferations and modifications of plant cells and can be caused by various parasites, from fungi and bacteria, to insects and mites. Galls are often very organised structures and because of this, the cause of the gall can often be determined without the actual agent being identified.
Gall adelgid Gall adelgid refers to adelgid species that produce galls in spruce trees, conifer species. Such galls can be produced by an infection by Adelges cooleyi (Adelges is the genus, and Adelgidae is the subfamily), a species of aphid-like woolly adelgids (order Homoptera).
Gall Bladder (Fu) As distinct from the Western medical concept of Gall Bladder, this concept from Traditional Chinese Medicine is more a way of describing a set of interrelated parts than an anatomical organ. (See Zang Fu theory)
Gall Force Gall Force is a group of science fiction anime OAV series by the studio Artmic, with production by Youmex and AIC. The original character designs were by Kenichi Sonoda, though these were dropped for the Gall Force Revolution remake (which, as of 2005, is also the only series not to have been released in North America).
Gall wasp Gall wasps (Cynipidae), also called Gallflies, are a family of the order Hymenoptera and are classified with the Apocrita suborder of wasps in the superfamily Cynipoidea. About 1300 species of this generally very small creature (1-8 millimeters) are known worldwide, with about 360 species of 36 different genera in Europe and some 800 species in North America.
Gall-Peters projection The Gall-Peters projection is one specialization of a configurable equal-area map projection known as the equal-area cylindric or cylindrical equal-area projection. The Gall-Peters achieved considerable notoriety in the late 20th century as the centerpiece of a controversy surrounding the political implications of map design.
Gallabat Gallabat is a village in the Sudanese state of Al Qadarif. It lies at one of the country's border crossing points with Ethiopia; on the other side of the border is Ethiopia's corresponding border village Metemma.
Gallaecia Gallaecia or Callaecia was the name of a Roman province that comprised a territory in the north-west of Hispania (approximately present-day Galicia in Spain, northern Portugal, LeĂłn (province) and Asturias). The most important city and historical capital of Callaecia was the town of Bracara Augusta, the modern Portuguese Braga.
Gallagher and Lyle The Scottish pairing of Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle joined forces in 1964, initially as songwriters. They began by writing "Mr Heartbreak's Here Again" for Dean Ford and the Gaylords (later to become the Marmalade).
Gallagher and Shean Gallagher & Shean was a highly successful double act on vaudeville and Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, consisting of Edward Gallagher (1873 - March 28, 1929) and Al Shean (real name Albert Schoenberg) (May 12, 1868 - August 12, 1949).
Gallagher Index The Gallagher Index (or least squares index) is used to measure the disproportionality of an electoral outcome, that is the difference between the percentage of votes received and the percentage of seats a party gets in the resulting legislature. This is especially useful for comparing proportionality across electoral systems.
Gallagher's free-tailed bat Gallagher's free-tailed bat (Chaerephon gallagheri) is a free-tailed bat endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is listed as a critically endangered species due to habitat loss and a restricted range.
Gallagher's Gallery Gallagher's Gallery is a live-action laserdisc video game, released by American Laser Games in 1992 (see 1992 in video gaming). It is often considered the most bizarre game released by the company, due to its atypical premise and goals.
Gallagher's Steak House Gallagher's Steak House was founded in November of 1927 Gallagher's Steakhouse by Helen Gallagher, a former Ziegfeld girl, the wife of Edward Gallagher (1873-1929), NYC VP Dining Choices, Gallagher's and Jack Solomon a colorful gambler with a large loyal following from the sporting element. These were the days of Prohibition and Gallagher’s was one of the first speakeasy gathering places for gamblers, sports figures, and stars of Broadway.
Gallagher-Iba Arena Gallagher-Iba Arena, once dubbed “Madison Square Garden of the Plains,” is the fabled basketball and wrestling venue at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Gallagher-Iba Arena was completed in 1938 with a price tag of $1.
Gallamine Gallamine (as gallamine triethiodide) is a non-depolarising muscle relaxant. It acts by combining with the cholinergic receptor sites in muscle and competitively blocking the transmitter action of acetylcholine.
Gallant Bloom Handicap The Gallant Bloom Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses open to fillies and mares age three and up, and is run each fall at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York for a purse of $150,000. A Grade II event, it is set at a distance of six and a half furlongs on the dirt.
Gallant Garden Gallant Garden (), in Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery at Wo Hop Shek, Hong Kong, was established in 1996 for civil servants who die on duty. In 2000, permanent earth burial was extended to both civil servants and non-civil servants who died with exceptional bravery while on duty.
Gallant Unit Citation The Gallant Unit Citation is a military decoration of the United States Air Force which was created in 2001 by order of the Secretary of the Air Force. The Gallant Unit Citation is awarded to any Air Force unit which distinguishes itself by extraordinary heroism while engaged in armed combat with an enemy force.
Gallarus Oratory The Gallarus Oratory is believed to be an early Christian church located on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Ireland. Though the building is believed to have been built between the 6th century and 8th century, some believe it could have been built as late as the 12th century because the east window has a rounded top made of two carved stones (not a true arch).
Gallaudet United Now Movement The Unity for Gallaudet Movement is a protest movement started by students, faculty and alumni of Gallaudet University and other sympathizers who do not support the nomination of Dr. Jane Fernandes as president of the university.
Gallavresi Palace Gallavresi Palace (or the Marchioness Palace) is a public building dating back, by all accounts, to the second half of the 13th century, which lies in the historical centre of the town of Caravaggio, in Lombardy, Italy; it has been see to the town administration since 1947.
Gallay/Hartt Productions Founded in 2004, Gallay/Hartt Productions is a comedy-focused production company that creates comedic films, television series, short works and mobile content for a global audience. G/H was formed by Mike Gallay, Heather Hartt and Peter Sussman.
Galle Galle (ගාල්ල in Sinhala; காலி in Tamil) (pronounced as one syllable, rhyming with "Gaul" in English, in Sinhalese, IPA /gaːlːə/) is a town situated on the southwestern tip of Sri Lanka, 119 km from Colombo. Galle was known as Gimhathiththa (although Ibn Batuta in the 14th century refers to it as Qali) before the arrival of the Portuguese in the 16th century, when it was the main port on the island.
Galle fort Galle fort was built was first by the Portuguese, then modified by the Dutch during the 17th century. During the Dutch period in Ceylon, the Dutch bought labourers from Indonesia and Mozambique to build this massive fort.
Galleasses The galleass or "galliass" (known as a "mahon" in Turkey) was a larger, higher and heavier form of galley; it usually carried three masts and had a forecastle and aftcastle (this form developed into the sailing carrack and then the Mediterranean galleon. Galleons of Northern Europe evolved concurrently from cog-like ships).
Galleazzo Appiani Galleazzo Appiani was an Italian architect who worked in Poland. Amongst his designs are the Carmelite Church in Przemyśl and the Krasicki Palace, build between 1592 and 1618 for the Krasicki family in Krasiczyn.
Gallegos de Argañán Gallegos de Argañán is a village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 113 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 382 people.
Gallegos de SolmirĂłn Gallegos de SolmirĂłn is a mountainous village and municipality in the province of Salamanca, western Spain, part of the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. It is located 60 kilometres from the provincial capital city of Salamanca and has a population of 167 people.
Gallen Lo Gallen Lo Ka Leung (Chinese : 羅嘉良 ; Cantonese Romanization: Lo Ka Leung), sometimes credited as Gallen Law or Ka Leung Law (born December 16, 1962) is a Hong Kong actor who primarily acts in television series.
Galleon (video game) Galleon is a video game developed by Toby Gard and Confounding Factor. Famously announced in Edge magazine in 1997, the game went through various incarnations and publishers before eventually being published by SCi in 2004 to fairly muted critical response.
Galleria at Crystal Run The Galleria at Crystal Run is a shopping mall in Middletown, New York and is the second largest mall in New York's Hudson Valley region. The mall, which opened in 1992, has an area of 1,100,000 square feet (99,000 m²) with two floors and 250 shops and restaurants as well as an 16-screen Loews theater.
Galleria at White Plains The Galleria at White Plains is an large enclosed urban shopping mall located in the downtown area of White Plains, New York, a large commercial and residential suburb, 20 miles north of New York City and the county seat of Westchester County, New York.
Galleria Ataköy Galleria Ataköy, the first modern shopping mall in Turkey, is situated in the western suburb of Ataköy, İstanbul. It was built following the recommendation of then Prime Minister Turgut Özal, who was inspired by the shopping mall Houston Galleria in Houston, Texas, USA.
Galleria Borghese The Borghese Gallery (Italian: Galleria Borghese) is an art gallery housed in the former Villa Borghese Pinciana, in the eponymous park of the Villa Borghese in Rome. It houses a substantial part of the Borghese collection of paintings, sculpture and antiquities begun by Cardinal Scipione Borghese, the nephew of Pope Paul V (reign 1605–1621).
Galleria Center The Algonquin Galleria Center is an outdoor shopping mall under construction on Randall Road in Algonquin, Illinois. Currently, plans are for 1,000,000 ft² of space with potentially 150 stores and restaurants.
Galleria Dallas The Galleria Dallas, an upscale shopping mall and mixed-use development located in North Dallas, Texas (USA), was developed by long time owner Hines Interests in 1982. The mall is modeled after a similar Hines development, the Houston Galleria, which opened in 1970.
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II The Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II is a covered double arcade (two arcades intersecting in an octagon) sited on the northern side of the Piazza del Duomo in Milan, connecting to the Piazza della Scala. Named after Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of united Italy, it was built by Giuseppe Mengoni between 1865 and 1878.
Gallery (APA/'zine) Gallery was an APA/'zine for cartoonists and illustrators, a significant proportion of which had contents that were anthropomorphic or funny animal in nature, which ran quarterly from the fall of 1989 to the winter of 2004 (issues #0 through #50). It was described by its creator Richard Chandler as “a cross between an APA and a fanzine.
Gallery (magazine) Gallery is a men's magazine published by Montcalm Publishing since 1972. It is one of the more popular "skin" magazines that arose in the wake of Playboy, particularly in the 1970s, and was founded by a group including Benihana restaurant-chain founder Rocky Aoki.
Gallery (song) "Gallery" is a single by Mario Vazquez. It was written by Ne-Yo who also co-produced the vocals on the track, and was one of the most added records at Rhythm radio stations across the United States on its first week out.
Gallery grave A Gallery grave is a form of Megalithic tomb where there is no size difference between the burial chamber itself and the entrance passage. Two parallel walls of stone slabs were erected to form a corridor and covered with a line of capstones.
Gallery Game Gallery Game was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Lasting from the Season 19 premiere on September 10, 1990 to April 11, 1991, it was played for a large prize, usually worth more than $3,000.
Gallery Mau Mau Gallery Mau Mau (1996–1998) was a counter-culture "art space" situated in Cape Town, South Africa. Although short-lived, the experimental space provided low-cost access to the arts for artists of all races, broke boundaries and defined the period in which a visual arts culture saw enormous growth in the city.
Gallery of bicolor flags This is a gallery of bicolor flags having fields split horizontally, vertically, or diagonally into differently colored sub-fields. Note that the total number of colors on such flags may be more than two, through fimbriation or defacement.
Gallery of confusable flags This is a gallery of pairs (or larger groupings) of flags that exhibit such similarity in design that they can be difficult to distinguish. They are organized by the number of main colors (disregarding, for example, colors in emblems) in the simplest design of the group.
Gallery of French coats of arms This gallery of French coats of arms shows the coats of arms of the Provinces, RĂ©gions, and DĂ©partements of France, and of certain French cities. They are used to visually identify historical and present-day regions, as well as cities, within France.
Gallery of Froissart's Chronicles The text of Froissart's Chronicles is preserved in more than 100 manuscripts, illustrated by a variety of miniaturists. One of the most lavishly illuminated copies was commissioned by Louis of Gruthuse, a Flemish nobleman, in the 1470s.
Gallery of Heads of State Standards This is a gallery of standards of heads of state, the flags used by monarchs or presidents. Japan, the Netherlands, Thailand and the United Kingdom possess standards for members of the royal or imperial family.
Gallery of named graphs Some of the finite structures considered in graph theory have names, sometimes inspired by the graph's topology, and sometimes after their discoverer. A famous example is the Petersen graph, a concrete graph on 10 vertices that appears as a minimal example or counterexample in many different contexts.
Galley division In arithmetic, the galley method, also known as the batello or the scratch method, was the most widely used method of division in use prior to 1600. The names galea and batello refer to a boat which the outline of the work was thought to resemble.
Galley proof In printing, galley proofs are preliminary versions of publications, usually uncut and unbound, often electronic. They will then be subject to proofreading to correct errors: in some cases where the original version is produced in manuscript, copyediting will also start on galley proofs.
Galley Slave Galley Slave is a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov, originally published in Galaxy, December 1957, and included in the collection The Rest of the Robots. Asimov identified it as his favorite among those of his robot stories featuring the character of Susan Calvin.
Galli Galli (singular Gallus) was the Roman name for castrated followers of the Phrygian goddess Cybele, which were regarded as a third gender by contemporary Roman scholars, and are in some ways like transgendered people in the modern Western world. The chief of these priests was referred to as a battakes, and later as the archigallus.
Galli Galli Sim Sim Galli Galli Sim Sim is the Hindi language adaptation of the American children's television series Sesame Street (famous for its muppets), for India. It is co-produced by Sesame Workshop and Turner Broadcasting, through Miditech.
Gallia Belgica Gallia Belgica was a Roman province located in what is now the southern part of the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, northeastern France, and western Germany. The indigenous population of Gallia Belgica consisted of a mixture of Celtic and Germanic tribes, often described as the Belgae.
Galliano (drink) Galliano is an alcoholic drink created in 1896 by Italian distiller Arturo Vaccari, by blending local and exotic ingredients such as star anise and vanilla. The spirit was named after Maggiore Galliano, hero of the East African wars at the end of the 19th century.
Galliard The galliard (gaillarde, in French) was a form of Renaissance dance and music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy, among others.
Gallic rooster The Gallic rooster (French:le coq gaulois) is a national symbol of France. Its association with France is due to the play on words in Latin between Gallus, meaning an inhabitant of Gaul, and gallus meaning rooster, or cock.
Gallic Wars The Gallic Wars were a series of military campaigns by several invading Roman legions under the command of Julius Caesar into Gaul, and the subsequent uprisings of the Gallic tribes. The Romans would also raid Britannia and Germania, but these expeditions never developed into full-scale invasions.
Gallican chant Gallican chant refers to the liturgical plainchant repertory of the Gallican rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Gaul, prior to the introduction and development of elements of the Roman rite from which Gregorian chant evolved. Although the music was largely lost, traces are believed to remain in the Gregorian corpus.
Gallican Church The term Gallican Church usually refers to the Roman Catholic Church in France from the time of the Declaration of the Clergy of France (1682) to that of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) during the French Revolution.
Gallican rite The Gallican Rite is a historical sub-grouping of Christianity in western Europe; it is not a single rite but actually a family of rites within the Western Rite which comprised the majority use of most of Christianity in western Europe for the greater part of the 1st millennium AD. The rites were first developed in the early centuries as the Syriac-Greek rites of Jerusalem and Antioch were first translated into Latin in various parts of the Roman West.
Gallicanism Gallicanism is the belief that popular civil authority—often represented by the monarchs' authority or the State's authority—over the Catholic Church is comparable to that of the Roman Pope's. Gallicanism is a rejection of Ultramontanism; it is akin to Anglicanism but is nuanced, however, in that it downplays the authority of the Roman Pope without denying that there are some authoritative elements to the office associated with being primus inter pares (first among equals).
Gallicolumba Gallicolumba is a genus of ground-dwelling doves which occur in rainforests on the Philippines, Indonesia, and in the Pacific region. This include the Ground-doves from the Pacific islands and the Bleeding-hearts known from the Philippines.
Gallid herpesvirus 1 Gallid herpesvirus 1 (GaHV-1) (also known as Avian herpesvirus 1)is a virus of the family Herpesviridae that causes avian infectious laryngotracheitis. It was originally recognized as a disease of chickens in the United States in 1926.
Gallienus usurpers The Gallienus usurpers were the usurpers who claimed imperial power during the reign of Gallienus (253–268, the first part of which he shared with his father Valerian). The existence of usurpers during the Crisis of the Third Century was very common, and the high number of usurpers fought by Gallienus is due to his long rule; 15 years was a long reign by the standards of the 3rd century Roman Empire.
Gallifrey (audio series) Gallifrey is the umbrella title of a line of audio plays set in the Doctor Who universe, produced by Big Finish Productions, featuring Louise Jameson as Leela, Lalla Ward as President Romana, and John Leeson as two K-9 units, Mark I and Mark II. Like all spin-off media, its canonicity in relation to the television series is unclear, although the rise of Romana to the presidency of the Time Lords echoes a similar event in the novels.
Gallimimus Gallimimus (gal-ih-MY-mus) , meaning 'fowl mimic', was an ornithomimosaur from the late Cretaceous Period (Maastrichtian stage) Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. With a maximum length of 4 to 6 meters (13-20 feet) and weighing as much as 440 kilograms (970 pounds), it was one of the largest ornithomimosaurs.
Gallinera Gallinera or The Vall of Gallinera is one of valleys of the interior of the mountain of Alicante, that belongs to the Region of Marina Alta, formed by the nuclei of Benirrama, Benialí, Benissivá, Benitaia, the Carroja, Alpatró, Llombai and Benissili. All these towns constitute a single municipality.
Galling Galling can occur when metal parts, such as the threads of nuts and bolts, are forced together and rubbing generates friction among the asperities (high spots) on the surface. The friction causes heat, which is mainly isolated to these asperities.
Gallions railway station Gallions railway station was a station adjoining the River Thames by Gallions Reach, in Beckton, east London, on the Eastern Counties and Thames Junction Railway. It opened in November 1880, and was the eastern terminus of the Gallions branch of the railway.
Gallipoli Gallipoli peninsula (, ) is located in Turkish Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles straits to the east. The name derives from the Greek Kallipolis, meaning "Beautiful City".
Gallipoli (1981 film) Gallipoli is a 1981 Australian film, directed by Peter Weir and starring Mel Gibson, about several young men from rural Western Australia who enlist in the Australian Imperial Force during the First World War. They are sent to Turkey, where they take part in the Battle of Gallipoli.
Gallipoli Star The Gallipoli Star, also called the Iron Crescent or the Iron Half Moon (German: Der Eiserne Halbmond) is a military decoration of the Ottoman Empire which was instituted by the Sultan Mehmed Reshad V on 1 March 1915 for gallantry in battle. This decoration was awarded for the duration of the World War I to Ottoman and other Central Powers troops primarily in Ottoman areas of engagment.
Gallipolis Island Gallipolis Island is an island on the Ohio River along the coast of Gallipolis, Ohio in Mason County, West Virginia. While within the boundaries of West Virginia, Gallipolis Island belonged to the city of Gallipolis, Ohio until the city sold the island in 2004 to the United States Department of Fish and Wildlife Service for its inclusion into the Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Gallirallus Gallirallus is a genus that contains about a dozen living species of rails that live in the Australasian-Pacific region. Many of these, for example the most well-known one - the bold and inquisitive weka of New Zealand - are flightless or nearly so; others such as the Buff-banded Rail, while not good flyers, can go for considerable distances once airborne.
Gallitzin Tunnel The Gallitzin Tunnels in Gallitzin, Pennsylvania, formed the Pennsylvania Railroad's passage through Allegheny Mountain at the summit of the Appalachian Mountains. Ownership of the tunnels has been successively transferred from the Pennsylvania Railroad to Penn Central Transportation Company, then to Conrail and most recently to the present owner, Norfolk Southern Railway.
Gallitzin, Pennsylvania Gallitzin is a borough within Gallitzin Township in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Standing 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Altoona, it was first incorporated in 1872, and named for Prince Gallitzin, who founded the Catholic town of Loretto, Cambria County.
Gallium scan A gallium scan or gallium 67 scan is a type ofnuclear medicine that uses a radioactive tracer to obtain images of a specific type of tissue, or disease state of tissue. Gallium salts like gallium citrate and gallium nitrate are used.
Gallium(III) arsenide Gallium arsenide (GaAs) is a compound of two elements, Gallium and Arsenic. It is an important semiconductor and is used to make devices such as microwave frequency integrated circuits (ie, [[Monolithic Microwave Integr
Gallo-Roman culture The term Gallo-Roman describes the Romanized culture of Gaul under the rule of the Roman Empire, particularly the areas of Gallia Narbonensis that developed into Occitania, Gallia Cisalpina and to a lesser degree, Aquitania. The formerly Romanized north of Gaul, once it had been occupied by the Franks, developed into Merovingian culture instead.
Gallo-Romance languages The Gallo-Romance branch of Romance languages includes French and several other languages spoken in modern France and northern Italy and Spain. According to certain linguists, it also includes Occitan and Catalan; others group these two together as a separate Occitano-Romance branch, or place Catalan within the Ibero-Romance group.
Gallo-siculo The gallo-siculo dialects represent a group of dialects found in central-eastern Sicily that date back to migrations from Northern Italy during the time of Roger I of Sicily and which continued after his death under his successor Roger II (from around 1080 to 1120). The towns that were populated by the new immigrants were to become known as the "Lombard communities" (or cumuna lummardi in the Sicilian.
Gallon (Scots) The Scots gallon was a Scottish unit of measurement of liquids that was in use from at least 1661, (possibly 15th century), until the mid 19th century. It was approximately three times larger than an Imperial gallon that was adopted in 1824.
Gallon House Bridge Gallon House Bridge is a covered bridge spanning Abiqua Creek in rural Marion County, Oregon, United States. The bridge derived its name during prohibition when it was a meeting place for bootleggers and moonshiners.
Gallon challenge The gallon challenge is a physical challenge in which a person attempts to drink a gallon of milk within one hour without vomiting. There are many variations to the challenge, so formal rules have not been set.
Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip "Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip" is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. It is the thirteenth and final song on European versions of the band's 1993 album, In Utero, beginning 23 minutes and 59 seconds into track 12 (20 minutes and 9 seconds after the end of "All Apologies").
Galloping Goose Regional Trail The Galloping Goose Regional Trail is a 55 kilometre trail between Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and the ghost town of Leechtown, north of Sooke. The trail is a popular route both for commuting and recreation.
Galloping Major scandal The Galloping Major scandal was a British share dealing scandal during the 1980s. Barry Townsley, a stockbroker later involved in the "cash for Peerages" affair, was found guilty of "serious misconduct" and banned from trading for six months.
Gallops Island Gallops Island, also known as Gallups Island, is an island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, situated between Georges Island and Long Island and just over 6 miles from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of 23 acres, plus an intertidal zone of a further 28 acres, and is composed of one large drumlin, reaching an elevation of 79 feet above sea level.
Galloway Galloway (Scottish Gaelic, Gall-ghaidhealaibh or Gallobha, Lowland Scots Gallowa) is an area in southwestern Scotland. It usually refers to the former counties of Wigtown (or historically West Galloway) and Kirkcudbright (or historically East Galloway).
Galloway (UK Parliament constituency) Galloway was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983, when its name was changed to Galloway and Upper Nithsdsale. In 2005 it was replaced by Dumfries and Galloway.
Galloway Road (Miami) Galloway Road, locally known as either Galloway Road and Northwest or Southwest 87th Avenue, is a north-south street that runs west of Miami in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It exists in several non-contiguous stretches from deep South Miami-Dade to Miami Lakes.
Galloway, Ohio Galloway is a small village lying to the west of Columbus, Ohio in Franklin County. The 43119 ZIP Code, however (which carries a Galloway mailing address) covers a significant portion of rural and suburban western Franklin County, as well as parts of western Columbus, and locals might use the name Galloway to refer to any location in the area roughly bounded by I-70, Galloway Rd, Alkire Rd, and Big Darby Creek; such a location is seldom in the village of Galloway proper.
Gallowglass The term Gallowglas or Galloglass is an Anglicisation of the Irish, GallĂłglaigh ("foreign soldiers"), incorporating the Celtic word Ă“glach, which is derived from oac, the Old Irish for "youths", but later meaning "soldier".

Information are taken from Wikipedia, the open encyclopedia, to which contribute many volunteers from around the whole world. Texts are available under the following conditions GNU Free Documentation License.