Portuguese India

American  

noun

1. a former Portuguese overseas territory on the W coast of India, consisting of the districts of Gôa, Daman, and Diu: annexed by India December 1961. Gôa.

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Portuguese India British  

noun

1. a former Portuguese overseas province on the W coast of India, consisting of Goa, Daman, and Diu: established between 1505 and 1510; annexed by India in 1961

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Example Sentences

In the words of Gulf scholar Paul Rich, this was "the Indian Empire's last redoubt, just as Goa was Portuguese India's last solitary vestige, or Pondicherry was the tag-end of French India".

From BBC

In 1524, however, he was appointed viceroy of Portuguese India, and a year later died in Cochin China.

From Project Gutenberg

Panjim became the residence of the viceroy in 1759 and the capital of Portuguese India in 1843.

From Project Gutenberg

GOA, the name of the past and present capitals of Portuguese India, and of the surrounding territory more exactly described as Goa settlement, which is situated on the western coast of India, between 15� 44’ and 14� 53′ N., and between 73� 45′ and 74� 26′ E. Pop.

From Project Gutenberg

Guns boomed, bells pealed, fireworks flared in Goa, Portuguese India last week as 10,000 persons milled through the Bom Jesus Church to kiss the feet of St. Francis Xavier, whose coffin was opened for public veneration for the 13th time since his death in 1552.

From Time Magazine Archive