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Origin of Name

Taleigao, or Taleiganv gets its name from the local language, Konkani, Tolle-ganv, Tall-ganv or Toll-ganv. Toll-ganv, a contraction for somtoll ganv, meaning 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 mouth of the river Mandovi flowing into the Arabian 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 pond, which is how the name stuck, Tollea-ganv or Tolloi-ganv, the village (ganv) of the lake or pond.