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Vigo.

Vigo (a city and municipality on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈbi.ɣo̝/standard/ˈbi.ħo̝/dialectal
  1. Vigo (a city and municipality on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)

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  2. a parish of Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia

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  3. San Xulián de Vigo (a parish of Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia)

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  4. a village in Larín parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia

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  5. a village in Dexo parish, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia

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  6. a village in Vilanova de Santiso parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia

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  7. a village in Callobre parish, Miño, A Coruña, Galicia

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  8. a village in Cervás parish, Ares, A Coruña, Galicia

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  9. a village in San Xurxo de Moeche parish, Moeche, A Coruña, Galicia

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  10. a village in San Martiño de Duio parish, Fisterra, A Coruña, Galicia

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  11. a village in Dodro parish, Dodro, A Coruña, Galicia

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  12. a village in Cruces parish, Padrón, A Coruña, Galicia

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  13. a village in Lamas parish, Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia

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  14. a village in Vilaronte parish, Foz, Lugo, Galicia

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  15. a village in Santiago de Mondoñedo parish, Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia

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  16. a village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia

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  17. a village in Mariz parish, Chanta, Lugo, Galicia

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  18. Vigo de Mosteiro (a village in Mosteiro parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)

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  19. a village in Zolle parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia

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  20. a village in Bacurín parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia

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  21. a toponymical surname

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Where this word comes from

A Latin place name: from Old Galician-Portuguese Vigo, already a toponymical form, from Latin vīcus (“village, hamlet”); from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Cognates From the same Latin vicus via Latin villa: Catalan vila, French village, English village From the same Latin vicus: Galician veciño, Galician vila, Catalan Vic, Italian vico, Italian vicolo, Italian vicolo cieco, [Term?] From the same Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- via Proto-Germanic *wīhsą: Dutch wijk, German Weichbild, English Greenwich, English Gatwick

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