Goanese
English
Etymology
Goa + -n- + -ese
Noun
Goanese pl (plural only)
- The people of Goa.
- 1933, Helen Simpson, chapter 5, in The Woman on the Beast:
- In the first years of his rule he had attempted to bring the meek Goanese to some knowledge of cultivation as the West understood it, but though they might be biddable, the soil and the sun were not.
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Adjective
Goanese (comparative more Goanese, superlative most Goanese)
- Of or relating to Goa
Synonyms
- Goan