The river Sal , they say, is the soul of Salcete. It flows from Verna
in the north Salcete to south and empties in Arabian Sea at
Mobor (Cavelossim)/Betul. It flows through many villages in Salcete
and in Chinchinim, Assolna and Carmona river Sal has a vast
hinterland of low lying fields which in olden days used to get
inundated at high tides. After river Sal was tamed by building
embankments along its sides ,it ceased to overflow and vast
lowlands were converted into paddy fields. These lowlands
in Chinchinim, Assolna and Carmona were Known as *ohhnn -am*
and probably this latter word led to these three villages being
called Chinch -onnea, Ons -onnea and Korm -onnea.in
Konkani language.
In Bardez taluka, the village of Aldona is called Oid -onnea