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goan

goan is the pronunciation spelling of going.

goan is the pronunciation spelling of going to.

Meaning of going

Verb

going

  1. (in-compounds) Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.
    • theatre-going, church-going, movie-going

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Noun capitalized: Goan

Goan (plural Goans)

  1. A resident of the Indian state of Goa.
    • 2005, https://www.ruthdesouza.com/2005/07/29/, What does it mean to be Goan?, paragraphs 11-14: The following anonymous poem does more to illustrate the place of sorpotel in the connections of Goans to ‘home’. SORPOTEL For the hotch potch known as Haggis, let the Scotsman yearn or yell. For the...

Adjective capitalized: Goan

Goan (comparative more Goan, superlative most Goan)

  1. Of or pertaining to Goa or its people, culture, or languages.
    • 2017, Julian Zuzarte, Like Milk and Coffee: A Study of Post-Liberation Goan Identity, page 30: Lastly, the most recent era of economic development/global Goan community is where othering may most evidently play a part in Goan identity. While economic development in Goa began earlier in the 1980s...

Forms of goan

Noun
pluralGoans
Adjective
comparativemore Goan
superlativemost Goan

Origin of goan

From Goa + -an.

Questions about goan

What does goan mean?
Goan means a resident of the Indian state of Goa.
What is goan the pronunciation spelling of?
Goan is the pronunciation spelling of going.
What part of speech is goan?
Goan can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of goan?
The plural of goan is Goans.

Words near goan in the dictionary

  1. goalwards
  2. goam
  3. goamed
  4. goaming
  5. goams
  6. goan
  7. Goan'bilivaadhoo
  8. goand
  9. Goanese
  10. goanna
  11. goannas

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