Goa, Daman, and Diu

[goh-uh]

noun

1. an administrative territory of India, in the W part: formerly Portuguese India; annexed by India 1961. 1,426 sq. mi. (3,693 sq. km). Panjim.

Goa, Daman, and Diu

noun

1. a former Union Territory of India consisting of the widely separated districts of Goa and Daman and the island of Diu. Capital: Panjim (or Panaji). Area: 3814 sq km (1472 sq miles)

Example Sentences

A few strips along the African coast, tenuously held by sufferance of the great powers, and bits of territory at Goa, Daman, and Diu in India, are the twentieth century remnants of Portugal's colonial empire.

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