There are quite a few villages in Goa with Portuguese names as follows: Ilhas: Santa Inez ( St.Agnes),Santa Cruz ( Holy Cross ), Merces ( Our Lady of the favours ), Santana ( St. Anne ), Sao Pedro (St. Peter) ,Sao Matias ( Divar - St Matthew) Piedade ( Divar - O.L. of Piety ),S.Estevam Is. ( St Stephen) and S Braz Is. ( St. Blaise )
Bardez : Reis Magos ( Maggi Kings ), Socorro ( O.L. of Perpetual Succour ),Penha de Franca ( O.L. of P de F ) Salvador do Mundo ( Saviour of the World ) Mormugao : Sao Jacinto Is. and Vasco ( da Gama ) Salcete: Sao Jose de Areal ( St. Joseph )