[vee-goh; for 1 also Fr. vee-goh; for 2, 3 also Sp. bee-gaw] 
| 1. | Jean [zhahn] , (Jean Almereyda ), 1905–34, French film director. |
| 2. | Bay of, an inlet of the Atlantic, in NW Spain. 19 mi. (31 km) long. |
| 3. | a seaport on this bay: naval battle 1702. 197,144. |
| Vi·go (vē'gō, bē'-) A city of northwest Spain on the Bay of Vigo, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean. Vigo is a naval base and major shipping and fishing center. Population: 295,000. |
Vigo
port city and naval station, Pontevedra provincia (province), in the comunidad autonoma (autonomous community) of Galicia, northwestern Spain. Vigo is one of the largest and most important fishing ports in all of Europe and is known for its freezing and canning industry. Vigo lies along the southeastern shore of the Vigo Inlet of the Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Pontevedra city. It was attacked by the English admiral Sir Francis Drake in 1585 and 1589. In 1702 a British-Dutch fleet under Sir George Rooke and James Butler, Duke of Ormonde, destroyed a Franco-Spanish fleet in the bay
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