English Explanatory Dictionary

vigia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A warning on a navigational chart indicating a reef or other hazard which has been reported but which has not been confirmed to exist, or whose exact location is unknown.

Word forms

vigia vigias

Etymology

From Spanish vigía (“lookout; reef”), from Portuguese vigia, ultimately from Latin vigilare.

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