viga
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- proper noun
- After dark at Viga, Hemingway's Chinese cook made mariscos veracruzanos in honor of the Pasquels, who were from Veracruz.
- Finca Viga
- La Finca Viga
Examples
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Klein and Martin had both vomited on the front lawn of La Finca Viga and passed out.
Fiction book (1996) -
Klein and Martin had both vomited on the front lawn of Viga and passed out.
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After dark at La Finca Viga, Hemingway's Chinese cook made mariscos veracruzanos in honor of the Pasquels, who were from Veracruz.
Fiction book (1996) -
On February 1, 1946, my own season of gold began as I, Frank Bullinger, Jr., arrived at the front door of La Finca Viga, expecting to be Hemingway's only guest, clutching in both hands the manuscript of my novel.
Fiction book (1996) -
When I arrived at the estate, which the locals called Viga, it was lunchtime.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Viga is the name of a town in the Philippines on the island of Catanduanes. It shares its spelling with the Spanish word viga ('beam'), so a helpful way to remember it is to imagine a coastal town called Viga with beaches and local festivals.