Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A macaw.
- proper noun A territory in South China, on the Zhu Jiang river on the South China sea, formerly a territory of Portugal. Also, the capital city of this territory.
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- proper noun Alternative spelling of
Macau .
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- noun a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999
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Examples
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MACAO: The outgoing Chief Executive of Macao, Edmund Ho, said the "one country, two systems" policy has won initial success.
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MACAO: The outgoing Chief Executive of Macao, Edmund Ho, said the "one country, two systems" policy has won initial success.
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The younger director appears to have phoned in Macao from a very, very long-distance connection.
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The largest casino is in Macao, which overtook Las Vegas in gambling revenues last year.
Excerpt: 'The Post-American World' Fareed Zakaria 2009
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For anyone familiar with an American casino, the first glance inside the Grand Lisboa or even the Sands Macao is startling.
Macau’s Big Gamble 2007
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For anyone familiar with an American casino, the first glance inside the Grand Lisboa or even the Sands Macao is startling.
Macau’s Big Gamble 2007
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He was to protect Tayouan from Chenggong, but, "if, as has frequently occurred, the rumors about Chenggong disappear like smoke in the wind," he was to take his fleet south to wrest Macao from the Portuguese. 57 Van der Laan arrived in Tayouan in late July and began to grow restless in early October, when no invasion had yet taken place.
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In 1622 it sent a fleet to try to capture Macao from the Portuguese, but Macao held its own, having been fortified with Spanish troops. 50 After its defeat, the Dutch fleet sailed onward to the Penghu Islands (澎湖), which lie on the sea-lanes between Macao and Japan, and there they Dutch began constructing a fortress from which they intended to try to control the Sino-Japanese silk for silver trade.
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In 1836, Williams met three Japanese sailors in Macao whose vessel had been blown away from the Japanese coast by a storm.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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Note 33: Cushing was in Macao, where Chinese laws did not apply.
The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876 2005
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