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Kala-Goañv
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Kala-Goañv [Bret.
kala, calend, convocation;
goañv, winter]. The Breton expression for
Samain or 1 November.
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+(New+Delhi%2c+India) "United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India)")
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Goa goes to polls for two Lok Sabha seats tomorrow.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/22/2009; 700+ words
; ...candidates contesting for the two Lok Sabhs seats in Goa would be sealed in the EVMs when about 10.20 lakh...20,794 electorate, 4,86,983 are in North Goa and 5,33,811 in South Goa. As many as 679 polling booths were set up in North...
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GOA: Rivera of the East.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 11/11/2006; 700+ words
; GOA: Rivera of the East By Sharmila Chand November 11 (PTI Feature Service...Party, Privacy, Solitude, Relaxation - all in one, that's Goa- 'Riviera Of The East'. Goa has it all. Sun, sand and sea. A unique blend of Latin &...
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Goa registers 50 pc polling with disinterested electorate.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...exercised their franchise for two Lok Sabha seats in Goa amid tight security, even as polling was extended...cent polling since 1971 elections, with North Goa registering 68 per cent and the South Goa 59 per cent. With electorate not evincing interest...
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Goa is where Bollywood loves to holiday
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 7/16/2008; 659 words
; ...by HT Syndication. Mumbai, July 16 -- Goa is definitely the favourite holiday spot...Esha Deol: Since I'm a total beach bum, Goa is one of the best spots India has to offer...of my Goan holidays. Chitrangda Singh: Goa is the Indian Europe. It has great energy...
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Goa registers 53 per cent polling with disinterested electorate.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 4/23/2009; 700+ words
; ...exercised their franchise in two Lok Sabha seats in Goa even as polling was extended for about an hour...evincing interest surprisingly this time, North Goa registered 55 per cent polling and South Goa mere 50 per cent. The state recorded 63 per cent...
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Goa pips Bengal in Santosh final via penalty.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 6/14/2009; 700+ words
; Goa pips Bengal in Santosh final via penalty Chennai, Jun 14 (PTI) -- A never-say-die Goa pipped a profligate Bengal 4-2 via penalty...regulation and extra time, under-pressure Goa managed to stretch the match to the penalty...
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Goa gets bad press, but Britons say it is still a great place.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 3/14/2008; 700+ words
; Goa gets bad press, but Britons say it is still...Prasun Sonwalkar London, March 13 (PTI) Goa has received some bad press in the British...not been any let up in holiday bookings in Goa. Many Britons follow the daily reports on...
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For Goa's film connection, read on
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 11/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...HT Syndication. Panaji, Nov. 30 -- As Goa fights hard to ward off assertionss that...to lay such doubts to rest. "Location Goa", by journalist Mario Cabral e Sa, was...Regional film industries have protested against Goa being kept as the permanent venue, and...
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 "Daily Post (Liverpool, England)")
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Goa Uncovered; SPREADING the map across Ritesh's taxi roof, I pointed to a dot. ``That's where we'd like to go today,'' I told him. I had anticipated his reaction. ``The road to there, sir, is very rough, very narrow,'' he muttered, shaking his head.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 2/15/2003; 700+ words
; ...was simple: to discover the best beach in Goa, India's tropical 25th state on the Arabian...tramped, Bob Marley-crazy heartland of Goa's coast, the tarred road ran out at Agonda...beautiful, unspoilt, unexploited rural Goa. Once more I understood Ritesh. He justifiably...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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GOA FOR IT; Develop taste for the exotic in an unspoilt Indian paradise.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England); 9/28/2003; 700+ words
; ...climbed aboard the bus to head into one of Goa's wonderful and unspoilt jungle parks...typical of the charming and friendly people of Goa, one of India's western provinces on...do on a holiday to this winter paradise. Goa has a long history of people visiting its...
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Goa
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
GOA GOA. Goa was the administrative and religious capital of the Portuguese Asian empire. Located on the west coast of India, Goa had been an important center of Indian Ocean trade under the sultan of Bijapur well before the arrival of the Portuguese...
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Kala-Goañv
Book article from: A Dictionary of Celtic Mythology
Kala-Goañv [Bret. kala , calend, convocation; goañv , winter]. The Breton expression for Samain or 1 November.
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Orta, Garcia D’(or Da Orta)
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Castelo de Vide, Portugal, ca . 1500; d. Goa, India, ca. 1568) botany, pharmacology...rapid progress in his career, he sailed for Goa on 12 March 1534, as personal physician...friend. In 1538 he settled permanently in Goa and acquired a country estate on the island...
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The Indian Ocean and Asia
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
...connected by maritime links to each other and to Goa, its administrative and religious center...modern Gujarat, south to Bombay Island, Goa, Cochin, most of coastal Sri Lanka, across...the most productive lands in the empire. Goa was a large urban area surrounded by farmlands...
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Saint Francis Xavier
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...to join a mission the king was sending to Goa. St. Francis left Lisbon in 1541 with a brief as papal nuncio. At Goa he immediately began to preach and was very...Lanka) northward. After a second stay in Goa he sailed to Malacca (1545), which he...
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