Goa

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "goa"

English

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Goa

Etymology 1

From Portuguese Goa, from Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).

Proper noun

Goa

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

Derived terms

Translations

state in western India

Noun

Goa (uncountable)

(music) A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India.
Synonym: Goa trance

See also

(states of India) state of India; Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala／Keralam, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal ^{(Category: en:States of India)}

Etymology 2

From Icelandic góa.

Proper noun

Goa

The fifth winter month of the traditional Icelandic calendar, running from mid-February to mid-March.
- 1998, Terry G. Lacy, Ring of Seasons, University of Michigan Press, published 2000, page 59:
  The month of Thorri was followed by Góa, when the farmer often left to go fishing and his wife had to see to managing the household.
- 2012, Julian Meldon D'Arcy, translating Þórbergur Þórðarson, The Stones Speak, in Of Icelandic Nobles and Idiot Savants, Brú 2014, p. 147:
  In the last week of Goa, in mid-March, there occurred an example of God's great providence: a large schooner from Dunkirk in France ran aground on one of the Hálsasker skerries off the coast of the eastern part of Suðursveit.

Anagrams

AGO, AOG, GAO, Gao, ago, oga

Catalan

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

Goa

Proper noun

Goa f

Goa (a state of India)

Derived terms

goès

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Gôa (dated)

Etymology

From Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.a/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡo(w).ɐ/

Hyphenation: Go‧a

Proper noun

Goa f

Goa (a state of India)

Usage notes

Goa is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Goa

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡoa/
Rhymes: -oa
Syllabification: Go‧a

Proper noun

Goa ?

Goa (a state in western India)

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