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macao^¹

noun macaos

obsolete Obsolete form of macaw (“parrot”).

Macao^²

proper noun

A city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong Hong Kong, once a British colony, was transferred to Chinese rule in 1997. Referring to Hong Kong or Macao or any Chinese territory as anything other than part of China is a major offense to the Chinese government, which sanctions businesses that make the mistake. In the past several months, Gap, Ve
historical a former Portuguese colony in modern southern China between 1557 and 1999 It would be however a very acceptable thing if ſome curious Navigators would inform us, what tides or Currents are found at Macao, Quemoy, and other places on the Coast of China and on Formoſa ; it being moſt probable that this flood cometh out of the North Eaſt, alongſt the Coaſt of China, for that

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@misc{macao_2026,
  title = {macao},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/macao},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}