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Goanese

Goanese adjective: of or relating to Goa.

Adjective

Goanese (comparative more Goanese, superlative most Goanese)

  1. Of or relating to Goa
    Synonyms:
    Goan

Noun

Goanese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The people of Goa.
    • I discharged him, and through Berkeley's help I succeeded in securing a Goanese — a native of Goa which is a Portuguese settlement in India.c. 1900, John Brunton, John Brunton's Book: Being the Memories of John Brunton, Engineer, 1812-1899, published 1939, page 88
    • In the first years of his rule he had attempted to bring the meek Goanese to some knowledge of cultivation as the West understood it, but though they might be biddable, the soil and the sun were not.1933, Helen Simpson, chapter 5, in The Woman on the Beast

Synonyms of Goanese

Forms of Goanese

comparativemore Goanese
superlativemost Goanese

Origin of Goanese

From Goa + -n- + -ese.

Questions about Goanese

What does Goanese mean?
Goanese means of or relating to Goa.
What part of speech is Goanese?
Goanese can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Goanese in the dictionary

  1. goaming
  2. goams
  3. goan
  4. Goan'bilivaadhoo
  5. goand
  6. Goanese
  7. goanna
  8. goannas
  9. Goans
  10. Goanses
  11. goar

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