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English
Etymology
From Italian Veglia, from Venetian, from Vegliot Dalmatian Vicla, possibly from Vulgar Latin vecla (“old”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
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Proper noun
Veglia
- (dated) Krk, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea.
- 1843, John William Norie, New sailing directions for the Adriatic sea, or Gulf of Venice, Charles Wilson, page 16:
- Veglia has many harbours; but these are subjected to frequent storms, and unfit for large vessels.
1917, United States Hydrographic Office, Mediterranean Pilot: The southeast of Italy, the shores of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas to Cape Matapan, Hydrographic Office under the authority of the secretary of the navy, page 254:The southwestern one, between San Marco and Veglia, is too narrow except for small vessels under favorable circumstances.
- 2007 (originally 1778), Abbe Alberto Fortis, Travels Into Dalmatia, Cosimo, Inc., page 499:
- One of the moſt conſiderable of theſe is Plavnich, which lies between the iſland of Veglia and that of Cherſo.
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Veglia f
- Krk (an island in Croatia)
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