Goan Catholic names and surnames

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'''Goan Catholic names and surnames''' encompass the different types of names and surnames used by the [[Goan Catholics]] of [[Goa]].

==Names==
[[Konkani language|Konkani]] variants of most Goan Catholic names are derived from [[Hebrew name|Hebrew]], [[Greek name|Greek]], and [[Roman naming conventions|Latin]] names from the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]] [[Biblical canon]]s. Nowadays [[Hindu]] names like ''[[Sandeep_(given_name)|Sandeep]]'', ''[[Rahul]]'' and ''[[Anita_(given_name)|Anita]]'', etc. are also given. [[Portuguese name]]s like ''António'', ''João'', ''Maria'', ''Ana'' are also common among Goan Catholics who follow [[Culture of Portugal|Portuguese culture]]. British names (e.g. Kevin, Shelley) and other European names (e.g. Benito, Heidi), which have no Konkani variants, are also popular.

{| class="wikitable"
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!Konkani variant
!English variant
!Portuguese variant
!Meaning
!Sex
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|''Anton''
|[[Anthony (given name)|Anthony]]
|''António''
|Flower
|Male
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|''Arkanj''
|Archangel
|''Arcanjo''
|[[Archangel]]
|Female
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|''Bawthis''
|[[Baptist]]
|''Batista''
|One who baptizes
|Male
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|''Lorso''
|[[Lawrence (given name)|Lawrence]]
|''Lourenço''
|Someone from [[Laurentum]]
|Male
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|''Jakob''
|[[James (name)|James]]
|''Jacob''
|Heel Grabber
|Male
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|''Joki''
|[[Joachim]]
|''Joaquim''
|He whom God has set up
|Male
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|''Lazar''
|[[Lazarus (name)|Lazarus]]
|''Lázaro''
|God has helped
|Male
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|''Magdu''
|[[Magdalene (given name)|Magdalene]]
|''Magdalena''
|Tower
|Female
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|''Mâri''
|[[Mary (given name)|Mary]]
|''Maria''
|Beloved
|Female
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|''Mortin''
|[[Martin (name)|Martin]]
|''Martim''
|Of or like [[Mars]]
|Male
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|''Monik''
|[[Monica (given name)|Monica]]
|''Mónica''
|To advise
|Female
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|''Motes''
|[[Matthew (name)|Matthew]]
|''Mateus''
|Gift of God
|Male
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|''Mingel''
|[[Michael]]
|''Miguel''
|Who is like God?
|Male
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|''Monthi''
|[[Monte (disambiguation)|Monte]]
|''Monte''
|Mount
|Male
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|''Nâtaline''
|[[Natalia (given name)|Natalia]]
|''Natália''
|Birthday
|Female
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|''Nikel''
|[[Nicholas]]
|''Nicolau''
|Victory of the people
|Male
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|''Paullu''
|[[Paul (name)|Paul]]
|''Paulo''
|Small
|Male
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|''Pedru''
|[[Peter (first name)|Peter]]
|''Pedro''
|Stone
|Male
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|''Filip''
|[[Philip (name)|Philip]]
|''Filipe''
|Lover of Horses
|Male
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|''Rakel''
|[[Rachel]]
|''Raquel''
|Ewe or one with purity
|Female
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|''Šilest''
|[[Sylvester]]
|''Silas''
|Wooded
|Male
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|''Salvador''
|[[Salvador (disambiguation)|Salvador]]
|''Salvador''
|Saviour
|Male
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|''Saver''
|[[Xavier (given name)|Xavier]]
|''Xavier''
|New house
|Male
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|''Simãuñ''
|[[Simon (given name)|Simon]]
|''Simão''
|He (God) has heard
|Male
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|''Zuãuñ''
|[[John (first name)|John]]
|''João''
|God is gracious
|Male
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|''Zâbel''
|[[Elizabeth (given name)|Elizabeth]]
|''Isabel''
|My God is my oath
|Female
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|''Zoze''
|[[Joseph (name)|Joseph]]
|''José''
|The Lord will add
|Male
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|colspan=5 align="center"|Source: ''English-Konkani Dictionary''<ref>{{harvnb|Maffei|2001|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YheuhLoHKsUC&pg=PA541&vq=&source=gbs_search_s&sig=ACfU3U2D7Y_ZRuIgrbIs95u-qfFQMJcPrA 541]|Ref=ma1}}</ref> and ''A Konkani Grammar''<ref>{{harvnb|Maffei|2003|p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=lZv6UyynBPgC&printsec=frontcover#PPA38,M1 38]|Ref=ma2}}</ref>
|}

==Surnames==
The Portuguese surnames like [[Rodrigues (surname)|Rodrigues]] and [[Carvalho]] are common found among [[Goan Catholics]] due to the former [[Portuguese Empire|Portuguese]] province of [[Goa]], [[India]] and generally follow the second declension. These Portuguese surnames are also observed among the [[Mangalorean Catholics]] and [[East Indians|East Indian Catholics]] and some other Christians in India. Portuguese surnames are very popular across the world significantly in the [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]]-[[Lusosphere|speaking countries]] of [[Portugal]], [[Brazil]], [[Angola]], [[Macau]], [[Cape Verde]], [[East Timor]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[São Tomé and Príncipe]] and [[Mozambique]].

'''Bold indicates common surnames'''<br />''Italics indicates uncommon surnames''
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|''[[Adailton]]''
|''[[Bandeira (disambiguation)|Bandeira]]''
|''[[Cabral (disambiguation)|Cabral]]''
|''[[da Costa]]''
|''Esteves''
|''[[Faria (disambiguation)|Faria]]''
|''[[Gama (surname)|Gama]]''
|'''[[Henriques (surname)|Henriques]]'''
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''Maciel''
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|'''Abreu'''
|'''Baptista'''
|'''Caeiro'''
|''[[da Rosa]]''
|''Estibeiro''
|'''[[Fernandes]]'''
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|Lowe
|'''[[Martin (name)|Martin]]'''
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| ''[[Ademir]]''
|'''Bacardo'''
|'''Caiado'''
|'''[[da Costa]]'''
|''Estrocio''
|'''[[Ferreira (surname)|Ferreira]]'''
|'''[[Gonçalves (disambiguation)|Gonsalves]]'''
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|'''Leitao'''
|''[[Martins (disambiguation)|Martins]]''
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|'''Afonso'''
| ''[[Barbosa (surname)|Barbosa]]''
|'''Calado'''
|'''de Cunha'''
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|''[[Figueira (disambiguation)|Figueira]]''
|''[[Gonçalves (disambiguation)|Gonçalves]]''
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|''[[Medeiros (disambiguation)|Medeiros]]''
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|''[[Agostinho (disambiguation)|Agostinho]]''
|'''Barboz'''
|'''Calisto'''
|'''de Mello'''
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|'''Gracias'''
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|''[[Mendonça (disambiguation)|Mendonça]]''
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|'''Aguiar'''
|'''Barcelos'''
|'''[[Câmara (disambiguation)|Camara]]'''
|'''de Penha'''
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|'''Fonseca'''
|'''''Gurjão'''''
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|'''[[Mendonça (disambiguation)|Mendonca]]'''
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|'''Alberto'''
|'''Barco'''
|''[[Câmara (disambiguation)|Câmara]]''
|'''[[de Souza]]'''
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|'''Ferrao'''
|''Godinho''
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|'''[[Menezes]]'''
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|'''Albuquerque'''
|'''Barnes'''
|'''[[Campos (surname)|Campos]]'''
| '''[[da Costa|D'Costa]]'''
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|''Faleiro''
|''''Goes''''
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|'''[[Morais|Moraes]]'''
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|'''Alcantara'''
|'''[[Barreto (surname)|Barreto]]'''
|'''Cardinho'''
|'''D'Cunha'''
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|'''Goveas'''
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|'''Machado'''
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|'''Aldeia'''
|'''Barros'''
|'''[[Cardoso (disambiguation)|Cardoso]]'''
|'''D'Oliveira'''
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|'''Mendes'''
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|'''Alemao'''
|''[[Batista]]''
|'''Caridade'''
|'''D'Penha'''
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|'''Miranda'''
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|'''[[Alfonso]]'''
|'''Benedicto'''
|'''Carlos'''
|'''[[De Souza|D'Souza]]'''
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|'''Mascarenhas'''
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|'''Almeida'''
|'''Benjamin'''
|'''Carmo'''
|'''Dias'''
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|''Mazarelo''
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|'''Alva'''
|''Bennis''
|'''[[Carneiro]]'''
|'''Dorado'''
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|''[[Álvares|Alvares]]''
|'''Bento'''
|'''Carrasco'''
|'''D'Silva'''
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|''[[Alves]]''
|'''[[Borges (disambiguation)|Borges]]'''
|''[[Carreira (disambiguation)|Carreira]]''
|'''de Silva'''
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|'''[[Monteiro]]'''
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|''[[Alves da Silva]]''
|'''[[Botelho]]'''
|'''[[Carvalho]]'''
|'''Dourado'''
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|''[[Alvim (disambiguation)|Alvim]]''
|''[[Braga (surname)|Braga]]''
|'''Castanha'''
|'''D'Cruz'''
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|'''[[Amaral (surname)|Amaral]]'''
|''[[Branco (disambiguation)|Branco]]''
|'''Castelino'''
|'''D'Lima'''
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|''[[Amarildo]]''
|'''[[Brandão|Brandao]]'''
|'''Castellino'''
|D'Mello
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|'''Ambrose'''
|''[[Brandão]]''
|'''Catao'''
|'''Duarte'''
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|'''Amor'''
|'''[[Brito (disambiguation)|Brito]]'''
|'''[[Cavaco (surname)|Cavaco]]'''
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|''[[Amorim]]''
|'''[[Brito (disambiguation)|Britto]]'''
|'''Cereja'''
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|'''[[Andrade (disambiguation)|Andrade]]'''
|'''Bruno'''
|'''Chico'''
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|''[[Antunes]]''
|'''[[Botelho|Buthello]]'''
|'''Clement'''
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|'''Aranha'''
|''Betancourt''
|'''[[Coelho]]'''
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|''[[Araújo]]''
|''Biscoito''
|'''Colaço'''
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|''[[Assunção]]''
|''Brazão''
|'''Coma'''
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|'''Aurora'''
|'''Barrows'''
|'''[[Conceição (disambiguation)|Conceicao]]'''
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|'''[[Azevedo|Azavedo]]'''
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|'''[[Azevedo]]'''
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|'''Corda'''
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|'''Cordeiro'''
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|'''[[Costa (surname)|Costa]]'''
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|'''Coutinho'''
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|'''Crasta'''
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|'''Cruz'''
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|''[[Nascimento]]''
|'''[[Oliveira (surname)|Olivera]]'''
|''Pacheco''
|'''[[Quadros]]'''
|''Rangel''
|''Sa''
|'''Tavares'''
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|''Valadares''
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|'''[[Xavier (surname)|Xavier]]'''
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|''Zuzarte''
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|'''[[Nazareth]]'''
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|'''Pais'''
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|''Raposo''
|'''[[Saldanha (disambiguation)|Saldanha]]'''
|''Tavora''
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|'''Neves'''
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|'''Rasquinha'''
|''Sales''
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|'''Vaz'''
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|'''[[Noronha (disambiguation)|Noronha]]'''
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|''Paiva''
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|'''[[Rebello]]'''
|''Santamaria''
|''Telles''
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|'''Nunes'''
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|''Palha''
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|'''Rego'''
|''Santimano''
|''Texeira''
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|''Velho''
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|''Neritta''
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|''Palmeira''
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|''Remedios''
|''Sapeco''
|''Torrado''
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|''Peixote''
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|''Reveredo''
|''Sardinha''
|'''[[Torres (surname)|Torres]]'''
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|'''Viegas'''
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|'''[[Pereira (surname)|Pereira]]'''
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|''Ribeiro''
|''Torquato''
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|''Vieira''
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|''Peres''
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|''Picardo''
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|'''[[Sequeira]]'''
|''Trinidade''
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|''Pimenta''
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|'''Rodricks'''
|'''[[Silva]]'''
|Travaco
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|''Pinheiro''
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|'''[[Rodrigues (surname)|Rodrigues]]'''
|'''Silveira'''
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|''Pinho''
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|'''Rosario'''
|''Simoes''
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|'''[[Pinto (disambiguation)|Pinto]]'''
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|''Raicar''
|''Soares''
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|'''[[Sousa (surname)|Sousa]]'''
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|colspan=13 align="center"|{{See also|List of Portuguese surnames}}
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== Notes ==
{{reflist|2}}

== References ==
{{wiktionary|Appendix: Indian surnames (Goan Christian)}}
{{refbegin}}
*{{cite book
|last=Maffei
|first=Angelus Francis Xavier
|publisher=Asian Educational Services
|year=2001
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YheuhLoHKsUC&printsec=frontcover
|title=English-Konkani Dictionary
|isbn=81-206-0626-4
|accessdate=2008-08-24
|ref=ma1}}
*{{cite book
|last=Maffei Xavier
|publisher=Asian Educational Services
|year=2003
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZv6UyynBPgC&printsec=frontcover
|title=A Konkani Grammar
|isbn=81-206-0087-8
|accessdate=2009-01-22
|ref=ma2}}
{{refend}}

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