Kon: तालेइगाओ tālē’igāō
‘Tank Village’
From Kon: taḷeñ, ‘small tank’, ‘lake’; and Skt: grāma→Mar/Kon: gaon/gaun, ‘village’.
Under the Portuguese Taleigão was the ‘paddy granary’ of Goa with field after field under rice cultivation.
For related place names see Indian Place names and Goa place names.
