Monte means hill. It was probably called Monte de Margão, shortened to Monte for convenience.
Calling Monte de Margão as Monte Hill and Monti Dongor really doesn't make sense, if you get my meaning. PS For a diversion, note the names Aquém de Margão (literally "This side of Margão") and Além de de Margão (literally "The Other side of Margão), coloquially known as Aquém and Além (or Arlem as the brand name of a once-famous beer went) ... Gabriel ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 1 February, 2011 5:06:05 AM > Subject: [Goanet] Goa in migrant hands > > > In Margao there existed a hillock that was called ‘Monte’ prior to > 1961. > > Thereafter it was also termed as ‘Monte Hill’ ; and by the South Goa > local populace ‘Monte Dongor’. > > Now with the migrant populace and migrant editors in our Goan dailies > it has turned to “Moti Dongor”; and one daily with a migrant editor at the helm > has termed it as “Modi Dongor” in its Sunday edition 30th January. > > Goans can now sit down an dream what Goan cities and villages will > be called as in future. > > >http://oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/Moti-Dongor-gang-war-hots-up-again/45268.html >l > >
