Macau
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Macau
- /məˈkaʊ/
Rhymes with -aʊ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from Hokkien. See Portuguese Macau for more info.
proper noun Macao · Amacao
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A city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong.
Open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Macau's 35 casinos entertain around 30 million visitors each year, making over 30 billion euros in revenue. These are figures which make the US gambling city of Las Vegas look like a desert village.[…]
Macau is the only place in China where gambling is offi
Similar: Aomen
- a former Portuguese colony in modern southern China between 1557 and 1999. When you depart from Macau to ye other coaſt, you must put out at the Eaſt chanel, if the wind bee Northweſt, if not, then you cannot paſſe, that way, but you muſt ſayle thorough the ſouthweſt chanel, which is a good way to paſſe out, running from the point of Varella, right unto the land on the oth
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: macao, nanjing, beijing, mali, yaren, kunming, kong, hong, chinese, fort-de-france, australian, australia, mun, motherland, enclave, sar
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name a city just west of Hong Kong
| Español | Macau makáu, Macao |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 마카오 Makao, 오문 Omun, 아오먼 Aomeon |
| 日本語 | 澳門 Makao, マカオ Makao, アオメン Aomen |
| 中文 | 澳門 /澳门 Àomén |
| हिन्दी | मकाउ makāu |
| Português | Macau |
| Français | Macao |
| Deutsch | Macao |
| Italiano | Macao |
| Ελληνικά | Μακάου Makáou |
| Română | Macao |
| Русский | Мака́о Makáo, Аомы́нь Aomýnʹ, Аомэ́нь Aomɛ́nʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | Ma Cao, Áo Môn |
| العربية | مَاكَاوْ mākāw, أَوْمِين ʔawmīn |
| עברית | מקאו makao |
Talk about this word "Macau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/macau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Macau. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/macau "Macau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/macau.Cite this
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title = {Macau},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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