Many villages in Goa are having nicknames or monikers like these ----------------------------------------------------------- Please help to complete this list. No offence meant...
Assagao -- fulancho ganv (land of flowers) Ban'navle -- pishem Chandor -- redde (buffaloes) Cortalim -- mazor (cats) or bokul (tom cats) Curtorim -- sunnim (dogs) Kankonn -- gadwam (donkeys) Kalangute -- bangde (mackeral fish) Kuncolim -- krimidor Loutolim -- bokdde (goats) Margao -- undir vo indur (rats) Nuvem -- kasov (tortoises or turtles) Parra -- kaingam (watermelons) Parsem Pernem -- govndde (masons) Pilerne -- khor alma (powerful souls) Pirna Bardez -- chunna (white wild berries) Raia * -- vagh (tigers) Saligao -- kole (foxes) Sant Estevao -- benddekar (lady-fingers growers) Sodiem-Siolim -- wagmare (hunters of tigers) Taleigao -- congam (sweet potatoes) Utorda -- kanngam (watermelons) Verna -- bhoil (bulls) * Years back, football jerseys of Raia Sporting Club were always yellow with black stripes. If you know one more village moniker send it to FN +91 9822122436 -- ---------------------------------------------------------------- April 2022 | Frederick Noronha. 784 Saligao 403511 Goa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa | M (after 2pm) +91 9822122436 Twitter @fn 1 2 | ---------------------------------------- 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | fredericknoron...@gmail.com 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 | Books. Words. Photos. Wikipedia. Networks 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | PHOTOS: https://flickr.com/photos/fn-goa/ 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | VIDEOS: http://t.ly/58ji ---------------------------------------------------------------- [image: Mailtrack] <https://streaklinks.com/BBKsMdJdXQ9jdI8jWQWc91SB/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io%3Futm_source%3Dgmail%26utm_medium%3Dsignature%26utm_campaign%3Dsignaturevirality11%26> Sender notified by Mailtrack <https://streaklinks.com/BBKsMdVGBrWCig9avAvbdbV0/https%3A%2F%2Fmailtrack.io%3Futm_source%3Dgmail%26utm_medium%3Dsignature%26utm_campaign%3Dsignaturevirality11%26> 22/04/22, 02:18:09 am ᐧ