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ID: 7016663
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7016663
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Galloway (general region)  Galloway (general region)

Coordinates:
Lat: 55 03 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 55.0500  decimal degrees
Long: 004 08 00 W  degrees minutes   Long: -4.1330  decimal degrees

Note: Inhabited by Britons until Anglo-Saxons arrived in 7th cen. CE; Irish invaders settled here in 9th cen.; became a permanent part of Scotland under Alexander II in 12th cen.; earldom of Galloway was established in 1623 & was held by the Stuarts.

Names:
Galloway (preferred,C,V)  ............ named at time of Irish invasion, meaning "country of the Gael"
Gall-Ghaidhealaibh (C,V,Gaelic (general),U)
Novantia (H,V)  ............ ancient name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of United Kingdom (nation)  ........  United Kingdom (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Scotland (country)  ............  Scotland (country) (P)
Hierarchy of Dumfries and Galloway (unitary authority)  ................  Dumfries and Galloway (unitary authority) (P)
Hierarchy of Galloway (general region)  ....................  Galloway (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:
Gall-Ghaidhealaibh..........  [VP]
...................................  Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)
Galloway..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 322
Novantia..........  [VP]
.................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 322
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) I, 322
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Canby, Historic Places (1984)

 

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