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Macau

ma·cau

UK/məˈkaʊ/ US/mʌˈkaʊ/ uncommon

noun

1.

a Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverts to China in 1999

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Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from Hokkien. See Portuguese Macau for more info.

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