Vigo
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Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈviːɡəʊ/ (city in Spain)
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- IPA(key): /ˈvaɪɡəʊ/ (village in England)
Proper noun edit
Vigo
- A number of places:
- A city on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain.
- A village (Vigo Village) and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6461).
- A suburban area of Birtley, Gateshead borough, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2854).
- A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0402). [1]
- A hamlet in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9971). [2]
- An unincorporated community in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
- A township in Knox County, Indiana, named after Col. François Vigo.
- An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.
- A surname.
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- Vigo (city in Spain)
Galician edit
Etymology edit
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: Galician veciño, Galician vila, Catalan Vic, Italian vico, Italian vicolo, Italian vicolo cieco,
- From the same Latin vicus via Latin villa: Catalan vila, French village, English village
- From the same Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- via Proto-Germanic *wīhsą: Dutch wijk, German Weichbild, English Greenwich, English Gatwick
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- Vigo (a city and municipality on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)
- A parish of Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia
- San Xulián de Vigo (a parish of Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia)
- A village in Larín parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Dexo parish, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Vilanova de Santiso parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Callobre parish, Miño, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Cervás parish, Ares, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in San Xurxo de Moeche parish, Moeche, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in San Martiño de Duio parish, Fisterra, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Dodro parish, Dodro, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Cruces parish, Padrón, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Lamas parish, Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia
- A village in Vilaronte parish, Foz, Lugo, Galicia
- A village in Santiago de Mondoñedo parish, Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia
- A village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia
- A village in Mariz parish, Chanta, Lugo, Galicia
- Vigo de Mosteiro (a village in Mosteiro parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)
- A village in Zolle parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia
- A village in Bacurín parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia
- a toponymical surname
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- olívico
- Vigo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References edit
- “Vigo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
- “Vigo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “Vigo” in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese Vigo, from Latin vīcus (“village, hamlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”).
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- Hyphenation: Vi‧go
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Galician Vigo, from Latin Vīcus Spacōrum (literally “village of the Spaci”).
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