Definitions for goaˈgoʊ ə

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

go•aˈgoʊ ə(n.)(pl.)go•as.

  1. a Tibetan gazelle

    Procapra picticaudata.

    Category: Mammals

Origin of goa:

1840–50; < Tibetan gowa (sp. dgo ba)

Go•aˈgoʊ ə(n.)

  1. a state in SW India, on the Arabian Sea: formerly a part of Portuguese India; then part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu (1961–87). 1,169,763; 1429 sq. mi. (3702 sq. km).

    Category: Geography (places)

    Ref: Cap.: Panaji. 1

Go′a, Daman′, and Di′u(n.)

  1. a former territory of India, in the W part: now divided into the state of Goa, and the territory of Daman and Diu.

    Category: Geography (places)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Goa(noun)

    a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony

Wiktionary

  1. Goa(Noun)

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

  2. Goa(ProperNoun)

    State in western India which has Panaji as its capital.

  3. goa(Noun)

    The Tibetan gazelle, Procapra picticaudata, a species of antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Goa(noun)

    a species of antelope (Procapra picticauda), inhabiting Thibet

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Goa

    a Portuguese possession in W. India, lying between the Western Ghâts and the sea-coast, 250 m. SE. of Bombay; large quantities of rice are raised in it; is hilly on the E. and covered with forests; it was captured in 1510 by Albuquerque. Old Goa, the former capital, has fallen from a populous and wealthy city into utter decay, its place being taken by Nova Goa or Panjim (8), on the Mandavi, 3 m. from the coast.


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