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MACAU

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Dictionary entry overview: What does Macau mean?

• MACAU (noun)
The noun MACAU has 1 sense:

1. a former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999

Familiarity information: MACAU used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MACAU (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Macao; Macau

Instance hypernyms:

possession (a territory that is controlled by a ruling state)

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