Macau

Meaning

Proper Noun

A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.

Related

Similar words

Aomen (especially in the Chinese media)

Origin

Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, corruption of southern Chinese , from + .

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