Fogo (Portuguese for
fire
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material (the fuel) in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction Product (chemistry), products.
At a certain point in the combustion reaction, called the ignition ...
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Fogo, Cape Verde
Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is an island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. Its population is 35,837 (2015),[Mount Fogo
Pico do Fogo is the highest peak of Cape Verde and West Africa, rising to above sea level. It is an active stratovolcano lying on the island of Fogo. The main cone last erupted in 1680, causing mass emigration from the island. A subsidiary vent ...]
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Fogo Island, Newfoundland
Fogo Island is a town located on Fogo Island, the largest of the offshore islands in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
History
The Town of Fogo Island was incorporated on March 1, 2011 following the amalgamation of four tow ...
, Canada
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Town of Fogo
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Fogo Aerodrome
Fogo Aerodrome is a local airport located south of Fogo, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada on Fogo Island. It is the island's only infrastructure for air transport.
Scheduled service from Fogo is provided by Exploits Valley Air Services on a ...
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Fogo, Scottish Borders
Fogo is a village in the county of Berwickshire, in the Borders of Scotland, 3 miles south of Duns, on the Blackadder Water.
The name Fogo means "foggage pit, den or hollow" as well as a portmanteau of ''fog'' and ''hollow''.
The village conta ...
, a village in Berwickshire, Scotland
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Fogo Priory
Fogo Priory was the a Tironensian monastic community in Berwickshire, Scottish Borders, dedicated to St Nicholas. It was founded sometime between 1253 and 1297 by a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey in orde ...
, a religious house of the above settlement
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Prior of Fogo
The Prior of Fogo was the head of the Tironensian monastic community and lands of Fogo Priory, Roxburghshire, founded sometime between 1253 and 1297. The patron was a local landlord named Patrick Corbet, who granted lands to Kelso Abbey to estab ...
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Fogo Seamounts
The Fogo Seamounts, also called the Fogo Seamount Chain, are a group of undersea mountains southeast of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean. This seamount chain, lying approximately offshore from the island of Newfoundlan ...
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Gordon Fogo
James Gordon Fogo, (July 9, 1896 – July 6, 1952) was a Canadian lawyer and senator.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Adam Fogo and Alice Hanway, he studied law at Dalhousie University and served as an officer in the Canadian Army ...
(1896–1952), Canadian lawyer and senator
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William M. Fogo
William Montgomery Fogo (June 18, 1841 – August 1, 1903) was an American newspaper editor and politician.
Born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Fogo and his parents moved to the town of Marshall, Richland County, Wisconsin. Marshall served in th ...
(1841-1903), American politician
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''Fogo'' (film), a 2012 film
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Oyem Airport
Oyem Airport is an airport serving the city of Oyem, in Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon. The airport is south of the city.
Airlines and destinations
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Modes of transport in Gabon include ...
, in Woleu-Ntem Province, Gabon, having ICAO code "FOGO"
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Fogo Island (disambiguation)
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