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Vigo city center
 
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɡəʊ/ (city in Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪɡəʊ/ (village in England)

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Vigo

  1. A number of places:
    1. A city on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain.
    2. A village (Vigo Village) and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6461).
    3. A suburban area of Birtley, Gateshead borough, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2854).
    4. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0402). [1]
    5. A hamlet in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9971). [2]
    6. An unincorporated community in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
    7. A township in Knox County, Indiana, named after Col. François Vigo.
    8. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.
  2. A surname.

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Catalan

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Vigo seafront

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Vigo m

  1. Vigo (city in Spain)

Galician

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Vigo financial center
 
Vigo circa 1895, when it has just over 10,000 inhabitants

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A Latin place name: from Old Galician-Portuguese Vigo, already a toponymical form, from Latin vīcus (village, hamlet); from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (village).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈbi.ɣo̝/, (dialectal) /ˈbi.ħo̝/
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  • Hyphenation: Vi‧go

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Vigo m

  1. Vigo (a city and municipality on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)
  2. A parish of Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia
  3. San Xulián de Vigo (a parish of Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia)
  4. A village in Larín parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia
  5. A village in Dexo parish, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia
  6. A village in Vilanova de Santiso parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia
  7. A village in Callobre parish, Miño, A Coruña, Galicia
  8. A village in Cervás parish, Ares, A Coruña, Galicia
  9. A village in San Xurxo de Moeche parish, Moeche, A Coruña, Galicia
  10. A village in San Martiño de Duio parish, Fisterra, A Coruña, Galicia
  11. A village in Dodro parish, Dodro, A Coruña, Galicia
  12. A village in Cruces parish, Padrón, A Coruña, Galicia
  13. A village in Lamas parish, Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia
  14. A village in Vilaronte parish, Foz, Lugo, Galicia
  15. A village in Santiago de Mondoñedo parish, Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia
  16. A village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia
  17. A village in Mariz parish, Chanta, Lugo, Galicia
  18. Vigo de Mosteiro (a village in Mosteiro parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)
  19. A village in Zolle parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia
  20. A village in Bacurín parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia
  21. a toponymical surname

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References

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  • Vigo” in Xavier Gómez Guinovart & Miguel Solla, Aquén. Vigo: Universidade de Vigo, 2007-2017.
  • Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (20062018) “Vigo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
  • 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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Vigo

Etymology

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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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Vigo m

  1. Vigo (a city on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)

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Spanish

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Vigo

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Borrowed from Galician Vigo, from Latin Vīcus Spacōrum (literally village of the Spaci).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɡo/ [ˈbi.ɣ̞o]
  • Rhymes: -iɡo
  • Syllabification: Vi‧go

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Vigo m

  1. Vigo (a city in Galicia, Spain)

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