Vila Nova de Foz Coa

See also: Vila Nova de Foz Côa

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Vila Nova de Foz Côa (pre-1990 spelling)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Vila Nova de Foz Coa f

1. a city and municipality of the district of Guarda, Portugal

   Synonyms: Foz Coa, (obsolete) Aldeia Nova

Usage notes

Vila Nova de Foz Coa is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Following the Orthographic Agreement of 1990, toponyms such as Coa should be written without a circumflex accent. However, both in official and non-official documents, the pre-1990 spelling is still prevalent.

Related terms

• foz-coense

Further reading

• “Vila Nova de Foz Coa”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• Helena Figueira (2009), Castanheira de Pêra e outros topónimos depois do Acordo Ortográfico, in FLiP.