Vigo

Meaning

1. (masculine) Vigo (a city and municipality on the southwest coast of Galicia, Spain)
2. (masculine) A parish of Cambre, A Coruña, Galicia
3. (masculine) San Xulián de Vigo (a parish of Paderne, A Coruña, Galicia)
4. (masculine) A village in Larín parish, Arteixo, A Coruña, Galicia
5. (masculine) A village in Dexo parish, Oleiros, A Coruña, Galicia
6. (masculine) A village in Vilanova de Santiso parish, Malpica de Bergantiños, A Coruña, Galicia
7. (masculine) A village in Callobre parish, Miño, A Coruña, Galicia
8. (masculine) A village in Cervás parish, Ares, A Coruña, Galicia
9. (masculine) A village in San Xurxo de Moeche parish, Moeche, A Coruña, Galicia
10. (masculine) A village in San Martiño de Duio parish, Fisterra, A Coruña, Galicia
11. (masculine) A village in Dodro parish, Dodro, A Coruña, Galicia
12. (masculine) A village in Cruces parish, Padrón, A Coruña, Galicia
13. (masculine) A village in Lamas parish, Boqueixón, A Coruña, Galicia
14. (masculine) A village in Vilaronte parish, Foz, Lugo, Galicia
15. (masculine) A village in Santiago de Mondoñedo parish, Mondoñedo, Lugo, Galicia
16. (masculine) A village in Miñotos parish, Ourol, Lugo, Galicia
17. (masculine) A village in Mariz parish, Chanta, Lugo, Galicia
18. (masculine) Vigo de Mosteiro (a village in Mosteiro parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia)
19. (masculine) A village in Zolle parish, Guntín, Lugo, Galicia
20. (masculine) A village in Bacurín parish, Lugo, Lugo, Galicia
21. (masculine) a toponymical surname

Hyphenated as

Vi‧go

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbi.ɣo̝/

Etymology

A Latin place name: from Old Galician-Portuguese Vigo, already a toponymical form, from Latin vīcus (“village, hamlet”); from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”).
Cognates
* From the same Latin vicus: Galician veciño, Galician vila, Catalan Vic, Italian vico, Italian vicolo, Italian vicolo cieco,
* From the same Latin vicus via Latin villa: Catalan vila, French village, English village
* From the same Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- via Proto-Germanic *wīhsą: Dutch wijk, German Weichbild, English Greenwich, English Gatwick

Sentences

Actúa este sábado en Vigo .

He performs this Saturday in Vancouver.

Estaba interno no Hospital da Cruz Vermella de Vigo .

He was interned at the Red Cross Hospital in Vigo.

Foi director do xornal " Faro de Vigo ".

He was the director of the newspaper "Faro de Vigo."

Pertence á Asociación Cultural O Castro de Vigo .

It belongs to the O Castro Cultural Association of Vigo.

Doutor en Economía e profesor do Departamento de Economía Aplicada na Universidade de Vigo .

Doctor in Economics and professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Vigo.

Despois fanlle unha homenaxe na ría de Vigo .

Then they make a tribute to him in the estuary of Vigo.

Coñecéronse na Escola de Artes e Oficios de Vigo .

They met at the School of Arts and Crafts in Vigo.

No franquismo exerceu como avogado en Vigo .

He worked as a lawyer in Vigo.