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vigo

/ˈviɡoʊ/

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What does vigo mean?

proper noun

  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).
More meanings (6)

proper noun

  1. A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0402).
  2. A hamlet in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9971).
  3. An unincorporated community in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
  4. A township in Knox County, Indiana, named after Col. François Vigo.
  5. An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.
  6. A surname.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈviɡoʊ/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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“I understand, Captain. But allow me to tell you that in exploring Vigo Bay you have only been beforehand with a rival society.”
Jules VerneTwenty Thousand Leagues under the SeaProject Gutenberg ebook #164
Mrs. Vigo had been reader and secretary to royal personages, and in point of knowledge and sentiments even Dorothea could have nothing to object to her.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
More book examples (3)
Early in the morning of the 15th the Spray was close aboard the stranger, which proved to be La Vaguisa of Vigo, twenty-three days from Philadelphia, bound for Vigo.
Joshua SlocumSailing Alone Around the WorldProject Gutenberg ebook #6317
They had refitted at Vigo, after the indecisive action with Sir Robert Calder; then proceeded to Ferrol, brought out the squadron from thence, and with it entered Cadiz in safety.
Robert SoutheyThe Life of Horatio, Lord NelsonProject Gutenberg ebook #947
It seems, however, to be a southern monster, probably a remnant, like the great cockle, of the Mediterranean fauna; for Mr. MacAndrew finds them plentifully in Vigo Bay, and J. Müller in the Adriatic, off Trieste.
Charles KingsleyGlaucus; Or, The Wonders of the ShoreProject Gutenberg ebook #695