What is "gois"

Gois can refer to:

• Bento de Góis (1562-1607), Portuguese traveler, probably the first European to travel overland from India to China via Afghanistan
• Damião de Góis, 16th-century Portuguese philosopher
• The Passage du Gois, a natural, periodically flooded passage leading to the island of Noirmoutier in France
• Góis, a town and municipality in Portugal
• Gois (moth), a genus of moths in the family Megalopygidae

Góis is a municipality of the district of Coimbra, in the central part of continental Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,260, in an area of 263.30 km².

Góis is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Góis. The population in 2011 was 2,171, in an area of 72.87 km².