Macau

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, corruption of southern Chinese 阿媽港／阿妈港, from 阿媽／阿妈 (aa3 maa1, “Mazu, a patron goddess of sailors”) + 港 (gong2, “bay, port”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /məˈkaʊ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ
  • Audio (US)(file)

Proper noun

Macau

  1. A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.

Synonyms
  • Aomen (especially in the Chinese media)

Derived terms

Translations

References
  1. Wu, Z., and G. Jin. "The evolution of spellings of ‘Macau’: An examination of early Portuguese and Western archival materials." Macao–cultural interaction and literary representations (2014): 3-11.

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

Macau m

  1. Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)

Usage notes

Macau is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Spanish

Proper noun

Macau m

  1. Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)
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