Etymology

goa

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Today it means: A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India, typically with droning basslines and progressive beat changes. Full definition →

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goa · noun1

  1. Tibetan · derived from[script needed]
  2. English todaygoa

Unknown, possibly from Tibetan [script needed] (dgoba).

Goa · proper noun, noun2

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromगोमन्त
  2. kok · derived fromगोंय
  3. Portuguese · borrowed fromGoa
  4. English todayGoa

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

Goa · proper noun3

  1. Icelandic · borrowed fromgóa
  2. Icelandic · borrowed fromgóa
  3. English todayGoa

Borrowed from Icelandic góa.

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