State of India
area 3,700 sq km/1,428 sq mi
capital Panaji

features Portuguese colonial architecture; church with remains of St Francis Xavier.
history captured by the Portuguese 1510; the inland area was added in the 18th century. Goa was incorporated into India as a union territory with Daman and Diu 1961 and became a state 1987.

Old World tropical bean.

ETYM AS. gâd; perh. akin to AS. gâr a dart, and Eng. gore. Related to Gore.
A verbalization that encourages one to attempt something; SYN. goading, prod, prodding, urging, spur, spurring.

1. To prod or urge as if with a log stick; SYN. prick.
2. To urge with or as if with a goad.

1. A place toward which players of a game try to advance a ball or puck in order to score points.
2. A successful attempt at scoring.

ETYM French gaule pole, Prov. French waule, of German origin; cf. Fries. walu staff, stick, rod, Goth. walus, Icel. völr a round stick; prob. akin to Eng. wale.
The state of affairs that a plan is intended to achieve and that (when achieved) terminates behavior intended to achieve it; SYN. end.

A line marking each end of the playing field or pitch; where the goals stand.

Having a purpose; SYN. purposive.

1. (Association football) A kick by the defending side after the attacking side sends the ball over the goal-line.
2. (Rugby football) An attempt to kick a goal.

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