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See also: Goan, gô-añ, and goán

English

Verb

goan

  1. Pronunciation spelling of going.
  2. Pronunciation spelling of going to.

Anagrams

West Flemish

Verb

goan

  1. to go

Yola

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

goan

  1. present participle of goe
    • 1867, GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY:
      Goan to glaade.
      Sunsetting.
    • 1867, “ABOUT AN OLD SOW GOING TO BE KILLED”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 1, page 106:
      "Murreen leam, kish am." Ich aam goan maake mee will.
      To my grief, I am a big old sow. I am going to make my will,

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 42

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