Macau
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- proper noun
- /məˈkaʊ/
- Given their different sociopolitical environments, Hong Kong and Macau evolved different relationships with China and its leaders.
- Macau SAR
- Macau airport
- Macau government
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Examples
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Once one has reached the Terminal in Macau, there are many free shuttles to the different casinos.
Blog text (31) -
In Macau, the majority of Macanese cannot read or write Portuguese, the official language of Macau.
Academic text (1999) -
There is a boat leaving for Macau in two hours.
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I'm sorry I'm late, James, but your signal from Macau only just reached the office.
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The Portuguese administration of Macau has long been a relaxed one.
Academic text (1999) -
Elections for the Legislative Assembly in Macau took place several times in the 1980s.
Academic text (1999) -
Then they took a ferry to Macau, where they stayed with his grandmother.
Fiction book (1991) -
However, this was a democratization granted by the constitution of Macau in 1976.
Academic text (1999) -
The present anticorruption institute of Macau functions as both an ombudsman and an institute for investigation.
Academic text (1999) -
There is a boat leaving for Macau in two hours.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Macau comes from the local name A-Ma, the famous temple to a 'sea goddess' by the water. Portuguese sailors wrote that name as Macao, and it later became Macau, so the city's name points to that old temple and the goddess who watched over sailors.