Jorge
Thank you for demolishing the myth Mario created regarding his surname
contributing to the name of a village in Portugal. Any Johnny- come-lately
would know that Portuguese sourced Goan surnames were a consequence of
Portuguese sourced activity, including naming, in Goa, and not the other way
round!
Cornel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@goanet.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Goanet] Voting rights for NRI Goans
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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