Meanings
viga1
nounviga (plural vigas)
plural vigas
- New MexicoA roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor.
1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses (The Border Trilogy; 1), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN1 more example
The smoke spread along the sagging vigas above them and little streams of liquid clay started down from the sod roof.
1985, Cormac McCarthy, chapter IX, in Blood Meridian […] , →OCLC
Viga2
proper noun
- A municipality of Catanduanes, Philippines.
Origin
- Spanishviga
- Spanishviga
- Englishviga
Borrowed from Spanish viga.
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APA
viga. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viga
MLA
“viga.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viga. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “viga,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/viga.
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