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Goa

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Go·a  (g)
A state of west-central India on the Malabar Coast. Formerly a Portuguese colony (1510-1961), it was annexed by India in 1962 and formed a constituent part of the union territory of Goa, Daman, and Diu until 1987.
go·a  (g)
n.
A gazelle (Procapra picticaudata) native to Tibet and having backward-curving horns in the male.
[Tibetan dgoba.]
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Noun1.GoaGoa - a state of southwestern India; a former Portuguese colony
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947


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Bud yah're a nowt, and it's no use talking - yah'll niver mend o'yer ill ways, but goa raight to t' divil, like yer mother afore ye
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