See also: veglia

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From Italian Veglia, from Venetan, from Vegliot Dalmatian Vicla, possibly from Vulgar Latin vecla (old). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

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Veglia

  1. (dated) Krk, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea.
    • 1843, John William Norie, New sailing directions for the Adriatic sea, or Gulf of Venice, Charles Wilson, page 16:
      Veglia has many harbours; but these are subjected to frequent storms, and unfit for large vessels.
    • 1917, United States Hydrographic Office, Mediterranean Pilot: The southeast of Italy, the shores of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas to Cape Matapan, Hydrographic Office under the authority of the secretary of the navy, page 254:
      The southwestern one, between San Marco and Veglia, is too narrow except for small vessels under favorable circumstances.
    • 2007 (originally 1778), Abbe Alberto Fortis, Travels Into Dalmatia, Cosimo, Inc., page 499:
      One of the moſt conſiderable of theſe is Plavnich, which lies between the iſland of Veglia and that of Cherſo.

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Veglia f

  1. Krk (an island in Croatia)

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