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Goa (disambiguation)

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Goa is a state in India, and a former Portuguese colonial possession, while the name was often used for the whole of Portuguese India.

Goa or GOA may also refer to:

Places

  • Goa, Botswana, a small town in Botswana, near the Namibian border, near the Caprivi Strip
  • Goa, Camarines Sur, a municipality in the Philippines
  • Goah, Pakistan, a village in Punjab Pakistan
  • Sultanate of Gowa, a kingdom in the South Sulawesi region of what is now Indonesia
  • Goa-eup, a town in Gumi, North Gyeongsang, South Korea
  • Goa, Burkina Faso
  • Related to the state of Goa in India
    • Goa, Daman and Diu, a short lived Indian Union Territory
    • Ilhas de Goa (also known as Tiswadi), a sub-district within Goa
    • Goa (island) (Ilha de Goa), an island in Nampula, Mozambique.
    • Nova Goa (also known as Panjim or Panaji), the current capital of the state of Goa
    • Velha Goa (also known as Old Goa), the former capital city of Portuguese India
    • Goa Velha, a village on the island of Goa, which was once a suburb of the former capital

Abbreviations

People with the surname

Film

Music

  • "Goa", a track from the Frank Zappa album Guitar
  • Goa trance, a form of electronic music that originated during the late 1980s in Goa, India
  • Go A, a music band that represented Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2021

Nature

  • Goa (antelope), also known as the Tibetan Gazelle, a species of antelope in and around Tibet
  • Goa bean, another name for the winged bean

Other uses

See also