Vigia Definition

vĭ-jēə, -hē-
noun
A warning on a navigational chart indicating a possible rock, shoal, or other hazard, the exact position of which is unknown.
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Other Word Forms of Vigia

Noun

Singular:
vigia
Plural:
vigias

Origin of Vigia

  • Spanish vigía from Portuguese vigia from vigiar to look out from Latin vigilāre vigilante

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Spanish vigía (“watch, lookout"), from Portuguese vigia, ultimately from Latin vigilare.

    From Wiktionary

Vigia Sentence Examples

  • In the old city also are the Plaza Vieja, dating from the middle of the 16th century (with the modern Mercado de Cristina, of 1837 - destroyed 1908), the old stronghold La Fuerza, erected by Hernando de Soto in 1538, once the treasury of the flotas and galleons, and residence of the governors, with its old watch-tower (La Vigia); and the Plaza de Armas, with the palace, the Senate building, a statue of Fernando VII.

  • Between the Tagus and Cape St Vincent the principal rivers are the Sado, which is formed by the junction of several lesser streams and flows north-west to the port of Setubal; and the Mira, which takes a similar direction from its headwaters south of Monte Vigia to the port of Villa Nova de Milfontes.

  • The city lies on the slope of La Vigia hill (900 ft.) amid higher mountains, and on the banks of the Jayoba (San Juan) river.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIG

Words Ending With

AIAGIA

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Words Starting With V and Ending With A

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