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  • noun Plural form of Goan.

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Examples

  • If Goa and Goans overcome their moral crisis, Goa would be paradise on earth, says writer Nandkumar Kamat.

    Saude, Goa Prince Mathews Thomas Thomas 2011

  • In a recent public debate on '50 years of Goa's liberation--Heaven gained or Paradise lost,' organized by a local media house, social activist Matanhy Saldanha said, Goans have become a minority in their own land because of wrong policies pursued by the government.

    Saude, Goa Prince Mathews Thomas Thomas 2011

  • Goans dressed in white massed around the church entrance and every pew was filled.

    John Landis: India in Mourning: My Week in Mumbai and Goa 2009

  • A tall-masted former slave ship named the Ibis is crewed by an assortment of "Chinese and East Africans, Arabs and Malays, Bengalis and Goans, Tamils and Arakanese," led by the mysterious Serang Ali.

    Pirates, Opium and Servitude: Retracing India's Past 2008

  • The Goans love their football and put in their work and money to see the dreams of fellow Indians flourish.

    Football: Would others follow Joshuah Vaz 2008

  • It was at the Green's Hotel, that a small group of pro-Indian Goans (largely employees of the Indian state and communists) assembled and formed the Goan Liberation Council demanding that Portugal cede Goa to India, in the 1950s.

    Mumbai Notebook: Unilever Execs Were Lucky to Escape 2008

  • If many Goans are looking to the Western World for greener pastures, Mario Fernandes, a former Leicester City based Goenkar returned back to his roots some twelve years back.

    Social activism breaks new grounds in India with Goan People���s Film Festival 2008

  • He left Jerusalem to be closer to the East Indians and other Christian communities of Bandra Bazar Road , the Mangloreans and the Goans who share him equally.

    Jesus lives at Bandra Bazar Road « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • He left Jerusalem to be closer to the East Indians and other Christian communities of Bandra Bazar Road , the Mangloreans and the Goans who share him equally.

    2008 February 16 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008

  • The Goans' attitude to life can be summed up by this quintessential Goan word - sossegad, which means to take it easy, chance upon a quaint eatery that smells like your mother's kitchen, place your order for fried catch of the day & fish curry, plant your wobbly plastic chair under a benevolent palm and savor every morsel.

    Sun, Sea and Fish Curry 2006

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