How do you pronounce goa?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡoʊə/.

goa

/ˈɡoʊə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: goa
IPA: /ˈɡoʊə/

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Meaning

name

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.

Uncountable

name

The fifth winter month of the traditional Icelandic calendar, running from mid-February to mid-March.

noun

A Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.

phrase

Initialism of gone on arrival (“where the intended target was not present at the location that was sought when an agent arrived”).

American usage

Example Sentences

"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."
"In the last week of Goa, in mid-March, there occurred an example of God's great providence: a large schooner from Dunkirk in France ran aground on one of the Hálsasker skerries off the coast of the eastern part of Suðursveit."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Goa, गोंय, गोमन्त

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɡoʊə/

Usage

Uncountable
American usage

Inflected Forms

goas (plural) G.O.A. (alternative) G. O. A. (alternative)

Derived Forms

Goan

Phrases

cedar of Goa Goa bean Goa powder North Goa South Goa Goa cedar

Frequently Paired Words

Goa cedar

Synonyms

Goa trance

Rhymes With

noah samoa noaa boa quinoa balboa shenandoah ochoa figueroa roa noa gamboa

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