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Origin of Name
Conego (Canon) Francisco Xavier Vaz suggests three possible origins[1] for the name Taleigao, all arising from the local language Konkani
: Tolle-ganv, Tall-ganv and Toll-ganv. Toll-ganv, an abbreviation for somtoll ganv, means a level village, neither on a hill nor in a valley. Tall-ganv refers to the fact that Taleigao is the last village of Tiswadi beyond which is the sea. However, the most likely origin is Tollem-ganv. Along the path to Durgavaddi in Taleigao there is a tollem i.e. a lake or a tank which is how the name stuck, Tollea-ganv or Tolloi-ganv which today has become Taleigao, or Taleiganv[2].
- ^ Vaz, Cónego Francisco Xavier (1916). "Étimo das Aldeias de Goa". Oriente Portuguez. 13 No 7 & 8: 280 – via Souza sj, Fr. Moren de, p. 113, (1994), Tisvaddecheo Igorzo, Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr.
- ^ Souza sj, Fr. Moren (1994). Tisvaddecheo Igorzo. Panaji, goa: Thomas Stephens Konknni Kendr. p. 113.