Goa
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Goa¹
- /ˈɡoʊə/ US
Where it comes from
From Portuguese Goa, from Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).
proper noun
- A state in western India. Capital: Panaji.
noun
- A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India, typically with droning basslines and progressive beat changes.
Goa²
- /ˈɡoʊə/ US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Icelandic góa.
proper noun
- 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.
goa³
Where it comes from
Unknown, possibly from Tibetan [script needed] (dgoba).
noun goas
- A Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.
GOA⁴
phrase G.O.A. · G. O. A.
- Initialism of gone on arrival (“where the intended target was not present at the location that was sought when an agent arrived”).gone on arrival
