goa
/ˈɡoʊə/
goa noun: a Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.
Noun (1)
goa (plural goas)
- A Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Goa
Goa
Noun (2) capitalized: Goa
Goa (uncountable)
- A form of trance music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India, typically with droning basslines and progressive beat changes.
- Synonyms:
- Goa trance
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Goa
Goa
- The fifth winter month of the traditional Icelandic calendar, running from mid-February to mid-March.
- 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.1998, Terry G. Lacy, Ring of Seasons, University of Michigan Press, published 2000, page 59
- 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.2012, Julian Meldon D'Arcy, translating Þórbergur Þórðarson, The Stones Speak, in Of Icelandic Nobles and Idiot Savants, Brú 2014, p. 147
Phrase capitalized: GOA
GOA
goa meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
goa in Hindi
- गोवा, गोआ
goa in Tamil
- கோவா
goa in Marathi
- गोवा, गोव्या
goa in Urdu
- گوا, گووا
More languagesFewer languages
- goa in Bengali
- গোয়া, গোআ
- goa in Telugu
- గోవా
- goa in Malayalam
- ഗോവ, ഗോവാ
- goa in Kannada
- ಗೋವಾ
- goa in Punjabi
- ਗੋਆ
- goa in Gujarati
- ગોવા, ગોઆ
- goa in Odia
- ଗୋଆ
- goa in Nepali
- गोवा, गोआ
Synonyms of goa
- Goa trance
Forms of goa
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | goas |
| Phrase | |
| alternative form | G.O.A. |
| alternative form | G. O. A. |
Origin of goa
Unknown, possibly from Tibetan [script needed] (dgoba).
From Portuguese Goa, from Konkani गोंय (goiya), from Sanskrit गोमन्त (gomanta).
Borrowed from Icelandic góa.
Words formed from goa
Phrases with goa
Questions about goa
- What does goa mean?
- Goa means a Tibetan gazelle of species Procapra picticaudata, an antelope that inhabits the Tibetan Plateau.
- What is goa in Hindi?
- Goa in Hindi is गोवा, गोआ. See Goa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goa?
- Goa can be a noun, a proper noun or a phrase.
- How do you pronounce goa?
- Goa is pronounced /ˈɡoʊə/ (US).
- What is the plural of goa?
- The plural of goa is goas.
Words near goa in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: goa (page history and authors); Goa (page history and authors); GOA (page history and authors); goa (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); goa (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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