Goanadj.n.

1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes II. x. x. 1806 The Goan Vice-roy.

1680 W. Lawrence Marriage by Morall Law of God i. ii. 14 The Goan Indians have a custom, That none must marry but in a family using his Father's Trade.

1700 Hist. Wks. Learned Apr. 228 He gives account of the Goan herba of Mr. Marlow.

1885 Littell's Living Age 20 June 758 The church is large and the high altar backed, as in other Goan churches by a large and lofty retable.

1961 Daily Tel. 8 Dec. 1 There is no solution to the Goan problem except the Portuguese walking out.

2008 G. Anderson Cityboy (2009) ii. 84 I often thought of my friend..in the Goan sunshine, poor but happy.

1652 H. L'Estrange Americans No Iewes 19 Yet for washing before meales, it is a common use among us, and other countries, who are any whit civilized by commerce, and so Linschot saies of the Cambians, Goans, Peguans, and Bengalans.

1885 Evening Standard 28 Apr. 5 It consists chiefly of the so-called ‘Portuguese’ (Christianised Goans), many of whom have lapsed into barbarism.

1927 E. Gosse Goan Fiddler Pref. p. vi He was..not happy among the Goans.

1966 C. Sweeney Scurrying Bush viii. 119 An Indian or Goan at the other end began asking me seemingly irrelevant questions.

2007 Times of India 2 June (Late City ed.) 9/1 If voter turnout is an indication, Goans are thoroughly enjoying the dance of democracy.