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vigo
/ˈviɡoʊ/
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What does vigo mean?
proper noun
- A city on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain.
- A village (Vigo Village) and civil parish in Gravesham borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ6461).
- A suburban area of Birtley, Gateshead borough, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2854).
More meanings (6)
proper noun
- A suburban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England (OS grid ref SK0402).
- A hamlet in Tutnall and Cobley parish, Bromsgrove district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO9971).
- An unincorporated community in Prairie Creek Township, Vigo County, Indiana, United States.
- A township in Knox County, Indiana, named after Col. François Vigo.
- An unincorporated community in Ross County, Ohio, United States.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈviɡoʊ/
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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.”
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.
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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.
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.
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.