It is the name of a municipality of Spain in the Province of Lugo. It has beautiful beaches and forms a estuary with its name at the mouth of the Masma River. In Portuguese it is the same as Hoz, which means throat, deep canyon.
Foz : Formerly, alfoz .
Sust. FEM. The plural is JAWS. 1. Narrowness of a deep valley 2. Angostura between mountain ranges which runs a river. From the Latin 'faux, faucis': throat. Synonyms: Canyon, Gorge, Strait, garguero. Antonyms: plateau, hillock, plateau, prominence.