Also vigo(g)na, vegonia. [App. a Latinization of F. vigogne VIGOGNE.]
1. a. Vigonia wool, vicuña-wool.
1763. Ann. Reg., Chron., 163. 8 bales Vigonia, and 1 ditto Alpaca wool.
1804. Gentl. Mag., Nov., 1069. Vigona wool.
b. Vigonia cloth, vicuña-cloth. Also ellipt., = VIGOGNE 2.
1852. Rep. Juries, Exhibition 1851, 375/1. [Brown & Foster’s] waistcoatings of plush vegonia will be found remarkable for novelty and excellence.
1857. J. James, Worsted Manuf., 438. Vigonia cloth, merino robe cloth,… shags, vigogna shags.
2. = VICUÑA 1. rare.
1834. Nat. Philos., III. Phys. Geog., 55/2. The paco, which in its domestic state is called bicunia or vigonia.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIV. 73. A herd of 36, including the kinds called Llamas, Alpacas, and Vicunas or Vigonias.
