Viga Definition
vēgə
noun
Any of the heavy ceiling beams in a house of the old Spanish type in the Southwest.
Webster's New World
A rafter or roofbeam, especially a trimmed and peeled tree trunk whose end projects from an outside adobe wall.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Viga
Noun
Singular:
vigaPlural:
vigasOrigin of Viga
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American Spanish from Spanish perhaps from Latin bīga team of horses, cart (from the long pole between the two horses) yeug- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Spanish viga.
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