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Gallowgate

Gallowgate proper noun: a neighbourhood in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, named after the thoroughfare (OS grid ref NS6064).

gallowgate: a neighbourhood in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, named after the thoroughfare (OS grid ref...
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Proper noun

Gallowgate

  1. A neighbourhood in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, named after the thoroughfare (OS grid ref NS6064).

Questions about Gallowgate

What does Gallowgate mean?
Gallowgate means a neighbourhood in the East End of Glasgow, Scotland, named after the thoroughfare (OS grid ref NS6064).
What part of speech is Gallowgate?
Gallowgate is a proper noun.

Words near Gallowgate in the dictionary

  1. Galloway-Mowat syndrome
  2. galloways
  3. gallowed
  4. Gallowegian
  5. Gallowegians
  6. Gallowgate
  7. gallowglass
  8. gallowglasses
  9. Gallowhill
  10. gallowing
  11. gallows

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