Vigo

English

Vigo city center

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɡəʊ/ (city in Spain)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪɡəʊ/ (village in England)

Proper noun

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).
   5. A hamlet in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9971).
   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.

Derived terms

• Vigo County

Anagrams

• govi

Catalan

Vigo seafront

Proper noun

Vigo m

1. Vigo (city in Spain)

Galician

Vigo financial center

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈbi.ɣo̝/, (dialectal) /ˈbi.ħo̝/

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• Hyphenation: Vi‧go

Proper noun

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

Derived terms

• vigués

Related terms

• veciño
• vila
• Vigobó
• Vigovidín

See also

• olívico
• Vigo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• “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.

Portuguese

Vigo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Vigo, from Latin vīcus (“village, hamlet”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɡu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɡu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɡo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɡu/ [ˈvi.ɣu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɡu/ [ˈvi.ɣu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡu/ [ˈbi.ɣu]

• Hyphenation: Vi‧go

Proper noun

Vigo m

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

Derived terms

• viguês

Related terms

• vicário
• vigário
• vila
• vizinho

 

See also

• olivico

Spanish

Vigo

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Vigo m

1. Vigo (a city in Galicia, Spain)

Derived terms

• vigués

 

See also

• olívico