vigia
noun
vigia is a noun meaning “A warning on a navigational chart indicating a reef or other hazard which has been reported but which has not been confirmed to exist, or whose exact…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-G-I-A, and it appears about once in every 93 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vigia is vigias.
What does vigia mean?
noun
- 1
A warning on a navigational chart indicating a reef or other hazard which has been reported but which has not been confirmed to exist, or whose exact location is unknown.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vigia
- vigias plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vigia?
Vigia appears about once in every 93 million words in written English, the 309,272nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vigia come from?
From Spanish vigía (“lookout; reef”), from Portuguese vigia, ultimately from Latin vigilare.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).