Veiga

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Veiga (meaning meadow in Portuguese) may be used as a place name or surname. It may refer to:

[edit] Places

  • A Veiga, a municipality in Galicia, Spain
  • A Veiga or Vegadeo, a municipality in Asturias, Spain

[edit] People

  • Alonso Pita da Veiga, the most remarkable young officer of the Spanish Tercios fighting in the Battle of Pavia
  • Carlos Veiga (born 1949), the second and the first democratically-elected Prime Minister of Cape Verde
  • Francisco da Veiga Beirão (1841-1916), a Portuguese politician of the late period of the Constitutional Monarchy
  • Lorenco da Veiga, a Portugal-born professional racecar driver
  • Mafalda Veiga (born 1965), a Portuguese singer-songwriter