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ETYMOLOGY OF GOAN VILLAGES: The Vijayanagara Kannada inscription describes Goa as Kalyangude, meaning a welfare state. The queen of Goan beaches, Calangute, gets its corrupted version from Kalyangude thanks to the Portuguese. The luzitanized Arambol village name in Pernem taluka, noted for its golden beach and emerald lagoon and the famous Parashuram Yadnya ash has its origins in "Hara-Mall", where "hara" stands for Shiva and "mall" is an open meadow or field. In Goa, we have an ancient tradition of describing places, areas, precincts, villages, hamlets, wards, cities and towns either with a suffix of mall, kai, vai, halli, pattan, pal, em, orda, shim, gao, keri, pur, Verem, jua, katto, etc. (Prajal Sakhardande in Panorama-NT)