One might also consider that Dabul is a stone’s throw from the nearest beach Chowpatty, hence the stranded or aground adjectives that indicate if your ship ran aground you would be in proximity to Dabul.
Wonder whether that seagoing connection resulted in Dabul becoming a significant settlement area for East Indian Catholics from the time of Portuguese Bombay and for Goan Catholics during the era of British Bombay. Roland. On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 4:04 PM Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just for clarity, the local sea I referred to, is the Arabian Sea which is > part of the northern Indian Ocean. > > > Roland > > > > On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 3:56 PM Roland Francis <roland.fran...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Though the literal meaning is Stranded or Aground, applied here it would >> be Island, as in the Island of Bombay (Varado do Bombaim). >> At a point in time, until a wealthy and kindly Parsi merchant-aristocrat >> paid for road connections to be built from the coastal mainland to Bombay, >> the latter was an island surrounded by local waterways (rivers) that fed >> into the local sea, the Indian Ocean. >> >> >> Roland Francis >> 416-453-3371 >> >> >> On Sat, Apr 13, 2024 at 3:46 PM Helga do Rosario Gomes < >> helgadorosa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How do you translate the Portuguese word Varado accurately? I found it >>> in a baptismal certificate "...de Dabul, do Varado de Bombaim, >>> .............." >>> Thanks a lot. >>> Helga >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Maria Helga do Rosario Gomes >>> 609 West 114th Street >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/609+West+114th+Street+NY+10025+USA?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> NY 10025 >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/609+West+114th+Street+NY+10025+USA?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> USA >>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/609+West+114th+Street+NY+10025+USA?entry=gmail&source=g> >>> http://helgagomes.com/ >>> http://www.goachitra.com/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAJUuMJ%3DOZ8cDFizdzwh1r7C-_SjCAoessJ30MLFPOHy8EN4Z%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAJUuMJ%3DOZ8cDFizdzwh1r7C-_SjCAoessJ30MLFPOHy8EN4Z%3DQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to goa-research-net+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CA%2Bx1-5Q%2BarZKhQJHAsZyuTHk7iCa-NGD1nts4sw8s3gnQk9sRw%40mail.gmail.com.
