Gois
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Gois can refer to:
- Bento de Góis (1562 - 1607), a Portuguese traveler, probably the first European to travel overland from India to China via Afghanistan
- Damião de GóisDamião de GóisDamiao de Góis , born in Alenquer, Portugal, was an important Portuguese humanist philosopher. He was a friend and student of Erasmus. He was appointed secretary to the Portuguese factory in Antwerp in 1523 by King John III of Portugal...
, a 16th century Portuguese philosopher. - The Passage du GoisPassage du GoisLe Passage de Gois ou Gôa is a natural, periodically flooded passage leading to the island of Noirmoutier in France. It is located between Île de Noirmoutier and Beauvoir-sur-Mer, in the department of Vendée...
, a natural, periodically flooded passage leading to the island of NoirmoutierÎle de NoirmoutierThe island of Noirmoutier is off the Atlantic coast of France in the Vendée department.Parts of the island have been reclaimed from the sea. In 2005 it served as the finish of the Tour de France prologue....
in France. - GóisGóisGóis is a town and municipality of the Coimbra District, in Portugal. Góis is located on the edge of the Ceira River. There are many festas throughout the summer and one of Portugal's biggest Motorbike Festas in August, after the one in Faro.-Parishes:...
, a municipality in PortugalPortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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