Definitions for macao
məˈkaʊmacao

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1. Macao, Macaunoun

   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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1. Macaonoun

   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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1. macao

   Macau or Macao (English: (listen); Portuguese: [mɐˈkaw]; Chinese: 澳門, Cantonese: [ōu.mǔːn]), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a population of about 680,000 and an area of 32.9 km2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal as a trading post by the Ming dynasty in 1557. Portugal paid an annual rent and administered the territory under Chinese sovereignty until 1887. Portugal later gained perpetual colonial rights in the Sino-Portuguese Treaty of Peking. The colony remained under Portuguese rule until 1999, when it was transferred to China. Macau is a special administrative region of China, which maintains separate governing and economic systems from those of mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems". The unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese architecture in the city's historic centre led to its inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2005.Originally a sparsely populated collection of coastal islands, Macau, often referred to as the "Las Vegas of the East", has become a major resort city and a top destination for gambling tourism, with a gambling industry seven times larger than that of Las Vegas. The city has one of the highest per capita incomes in the world, US$43,770 in 2021, and its GDP per capita by purchasing power parity is one of the highest in the world. It has a very high Human Development Index, as calculated by the Macau government, and the fourth-highest life expectancy in the world. The territory is highly urbanised; two-thirds of the total land area is built on land reclaimed from the sea.

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1. macao

   Macao, also spelled Macau, is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, located on the southeast coast of China. It is one of the world's most densely populated regions. Originally a Portuguese colony, it was handed back to China in 1999. Macao is known for its large tourism and gaming industry, including several world-famous casinos. It is also notable for its unique blend of Portuguese and Chinese culture and architecture. Macao has its own legal system, police force, monetary system, customs policy, and immigration policy separate from mainland China under the principle of "one country, two systems".

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1. Macaonoun

   a macaw

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1. Macao

   Macao is a novel in the Killmaster series of spy novels, published in 1968.

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1. Macao

   small island at the mouth of the Canton River, 100 m. S. of Canton, forming with Colovane and Taipa since 1557 a Portuguese station (50, mostly Chinese); is a very healthy port, though very hot; formerly it was a centre of the Coolie trade, abolished in 1873, but its anchorage is bad, and since the rise of Hong-Kong its commerce has suffered severely; chief import opium, export tea; it is the head-quarters of French missions in China.

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Anagrams for macao »

1. Acoma

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of macao in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of macao in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of macao in a Sentence

1. Alvin Chau:

   It means that China will no longer tolerate Macao promoting in any form or manner gambling into the mainland.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=macao
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=macao
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macao
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macao
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=macao
7. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Macao
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=macao