Vigo

[ vee-goh; for 1 also French vee-goh; for 2, 3 also Spanish vee-gaw ]

noun
  1. Jean [zhahn], /ʒɑ̃/, Jean Almereyda, 1905–34, French film director.

  2. Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in northwestern Spain. 19 miles (31 kilometers) long.

  1. a seaport on this bay: naval battle 1702.

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How to use Vigo in a sentence

  • Vigo, 45, says she was a teacher in the Bronx until she was laid off last year.

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  • Pontevedra and Vigo, as well as Villagarcia, are improving daily since the railway reached them.

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  • Mr. Vigo was playing whist at this moment; his partner was Sylvia, and they were playing against Mr. Rodney and Waldershare.

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  • Besides being consummate in his art, Mr. Vigo had the reputation of being a man of singularly good judgment.

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  • Hitherto the Rodneys had been successful in their enterprise, and the soundness of Mr. Vigo's advice had been proved.

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  • This conversation took place in Mr. Vigo's counting-house the morning after the entertainment at his villa.

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British Dictionary definitions for Vigo

Vigo

/ (ˈviːɡəʊ, Spanish ˈbiɡo) /


noun
  1. a port in NW Spain, in Galicia on Vigo Bay (an inlet of the Atlantic): site of a British and Dutch naval victory (1702) over the French and Spanish. Pop: 292 566 (2003 est)

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