Goa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "goa"

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡoʊə/
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Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Goa

  2. A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

Goa (uncountable)

  1. (music) A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India, typically with droning basslines and progressive beat changes.
    Synonym: Goa trance

See also

states of Indiaedit
union territories of Indiaedit

Etymology 2

    Borrowed from Icelandic góa.

    Proper noun

    Goa

    1. 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.

    See also

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    Proper noun

    Goa f

    1. Goa (a state in western India)

    Derived terms

    Portuguese

    Alternative forms

    Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta)
    Konkani गोंय (goiya)bor.
    Portuguese Goa

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

      Pronunciation

       

      • Rhymes: -oɐ
      • Hyphenation: Go‧a

      Proper noun

      Goa f (demonym goano or goense or goês)

      1. Goa (a state in western India)

      Usage notes

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

      Spanish

      Pronunciation

      • IPA(key): /ˈɡoa/ [ˈɡo.a]
      • Rhymes: -oa
      • Syllabification: Go‧a

      Proper noun

      Goa f

      1. Goa (a state in western India)

      Tagalog

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡoa/ [ˈɡ̠oː.wɐ]
      • Rhymes: -oa
      • Syllabification: Go‧a

      Proper noun

      Goa (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜏ)

      1. a municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines
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