Macau

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From Portuguese Macau, corruption of Southern Chinese ama (name of a patron goddess of sailors) + ngao "bay, port."[1]

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Macau

  1. A city just west of Hong Kong, a highly autonomous special region of China, previously under Portuguese control.

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  • (region in China): Aomen (especially in the Chinese media)

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  1. ^Macau” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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