Vila Nova de Foz Coa
See also: Vila Nova de Foz Côa
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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Proper noun
- a city and municipality of the district of Guarda, Portugal
- Synonyms: Foz Coa, (obsolete) Aldeia Nova
Usage notes
Vila Nova de Foz Coa is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.
Following the Orthographic Agreement of 1990, toponyms such as Coa should be written without a circumflex accent. However, both in official and non-official documents, the pre-1990 spelling is still prevalent.
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Further reading
- “Vila Nova de Foz Coa”, in Dicionário infopédia de Toponímia (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- Helena Figueira (2009), Castanheira de Pêra e outros topónimos depois do Acordo Ortográfico, in FLiP.