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Definition of Macao in English: Macaoproper nounməˈkaʊməˈkaʊ A special administrative region on the south-eastern coast of China on the west side of the Pearl River estuary opposite Hong Kong; formerly a Portuguese dependency and comprising the Macao peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Cologne; population 588,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, Portuguese and Cantonese; capital, Macao City. Visited by Vasco da Gama in 1497, Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post and became the chief centre of trade between Europe and China in the 18th century. Under the terms of a 1987 agreement sovereignty passed to China in 1999. Portuguese name Macau
Rhymes allow, avow, Bilbao, Bissau, bough, bow, bow-wow, brow, cacao, chow, ciao, cow, dhow, Dow, endow, Foochow, Frau, Hangzhou, Hough, how, Howe, kowtow, Lao, Liao, Macau, miaow, Mindanao, mow, now, ow, Palau, plough (US plow), pow, prow, row, scow, Slough, sough, sow, Tao, thou, vow, wow, Yangshao Definition of Macao in US English: Macaoproper nounməˈkouməˈkaʊ A special administrative region on the southeastern coast of China on the west side of the Pearl River estuary opposite Hong Kong; formerly a Portuguese dependency and comprising the Macao peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Cologne; population 588,000 (estimated 2015); official languages, Portuguese and Cantonese; capital, Macao City. Visited by Vasco da Gama in 1497, Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post and became the chief center of trade between Europe and China in the 18th century. Under the terms of a 1987 agreement sovereignty passed to China in 1999. Portuguese name Macau
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