Veglia

Etymology
From, from , from Vegliot , possibly from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Krk, a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea.
 * 2) * 1843, John William Norie, New sailing directions for the Adriatic sea, or Gulf of Venice, Charles Wilson, page 16:
 * Veglia has many harbours; but these are subjected to frequent storms, and unfit for large vessels.
 * 1) * 2007 (originally 1778), Abbe Alberto Fortis, Travels Into Dalmatia, Cosimo, Inc., page 499:
 * One of the moſt conſiderable of theſe is Plavnich, which lies between the iſland of Veglia and that of Cherſo.
 * One of the moſt conſiderable of theſe is Plavnich, which lies between the iſland of Veglia and that of Cherſo.