See macau on Wiktionary
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"text": "Arára. — Estes papagaios são os que por outro nome se chamão Macaos[…]",
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"text": "Este Macao he muito formoso: he todo preto espargido de verde, que lhe dá muita graça[…]",
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"text": "He hũ genero de papagajo q' chamaõ os portuguezes macao saõ v'melhos e amarelos e azuis saõ grandes como grãdes gauioẽs e o Rabo tem as penas da mesma cor dalgũs 2 palmos de cõprido. falaõ bẽ claro e voz grossa",
"translation": "It's a kind of parrot that the Portuguese call “macaws”. They are red, yellow and blue, are as big as big hawks and their tails have feathers of the same color, about two spans long. They speak clearly with a deep voice.",
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"text": "Este Macao he muito formoso: he todo preto espargido de verde, que lhe dá muita graça[…]",
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"text": "He hũ genero de papagajo q' chamaõ os portuguezes macao saõ v'melhos e amarelos e azuis saõ grandes como grãdes gauioẽs e o Rabo tem as penas da mesma cor dalgũs 2 palmos de cõprido. falaõ bẽ claro e voz grossa",
"translation": "It's a kind of parrot that the Portuguese call “macaws”. They are red, yellow and blue, are as big as big hawks and their tails have feathers of the same color, about two spans long. They speak clearly with a deep voice.",
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"word": "macau"
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