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vi·gi·a  audio  (v-j, -h-) KEY 

NOUN:
A warning on a navigational chart indicating a possible rock, shoal, or other hazard, the exact position of which is unknown.
ETYMOLOGY:
Spanish vigía, from Portuguese vigia, from vigiar, to look out, from Latin vigilre ; see vigilante


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