-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The village on the bank of Mandovi is named after Nossa Senhora de Penha da Franca and not after a place.
Same as N S de Fatima, -- de Lourdes, --Guadaloupe and so on.. Alfred
From: sarabond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <goanet@goanet.org> To: Goanet <goanet@goanet.org> Subject: [Goanet] Re. What Goa was part of France Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2005 23:42:35 +0530 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello Vivian, Places could have been named as per the situations as and when things happened. And may be there are many reasons in naming a place with odd names. Can you digest.... there is a ward in Curtorim called 'Kargil' ?? - Alfonso Bond Message: 13 Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:20:47 -0700 (PDT) From: Vivian D'Souza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] What Goa was part of France To: goanet@goanet.org Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In response to Xac-Xac, Santosh asked: "What, Goa was part of France ?" Yes, Santosh, at least a part of Goa, was and is. My neighboring village is called "Penha da France" which means foot of France or something like that.'I dont know whether the name is cute or what ? There's a similarly named area in Lisbon I believe. Vivian
