From: Mario Goveia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Thanks. Perhaps you know that they named a village in
> Portugal after my name:-)) (in a reply to Bernado Colaco).
> >
Mario has made the above assertion (with a smiley) more than once on this
list. On a serious vein, however, the truth is that:
(1) There is no village with that name in Portugal, but a city which has
about 4,000 inhabitants and is the headquarters of a "concelho" (= "taluka")
and of a "comarca" (= judicial district) having 22 "freguesias" ("firgozo"
in Konkani) and 17,000 inhabitants;
(2) The name of the city is spelt "Gouveia"and not "Goveia" as is Mario's
surname;
(3) The said Portuguese city exists at least since the 12th century. It has
textile, milk products and ceramic industries, and is situated at an
altitude of 550-600 metres.
Jorge
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