Goa

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United States//ˈɡoʊə//

A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

proper noun

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A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

Etymology

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

noun

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

proper noun

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The fifth winter month of the traditional Icelandic calendar, running from mid-February to mid-March.
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.
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.

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic góa.

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Goa · A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.

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