"Macau" meaning in English

See Macau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /məˈkaʊ/ Audio: Macau pronunciation.mp3
Rhymes: -aʊ Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from a southern seaward variety of Chinese, possibly Hokkien, possibly either 媽閣/妈阁 (Má Koh) or 媽港/妈港 (Má Káng), short for 阿媽港/阿妈港 (A-má Káng), from 阿媽/阿妈 (a-má, “grandma Mazu, patron goddess of sailors”) + 港 (káng, “port”), both referring to the A-Ma Temple (媽閣廟/妈阁庙) or Templo de A-Má in Portuguese, built in 1488 before the city of Macau came into being. Compare Spanish Macán, Japanese 媽港(マカオ) (makao), Latin Machao. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|pt|Macau}} Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|en|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{zh-l|媽閣|tr=Má Koh}} 媽閣/妈阁 (Má Koh), {{zh-l|媽港|tr=Má Káng}} 媽港/妈港 (Má Káng), {{zh-l|阿媽港|tr=A-má Káng}} 阿媽港/阿妈港 (A-má Káng), {{zh-l|阿媽|a-má|grandma Mazu, patron goddess of sailors}} 阿媽/阿妈 (a-má, “grandma Mazu, patron goddess of sailors”), {{zh-l|港|káng|port}} 港 (káng, “port”), {{zh-l|媽閣廟}} 媽閣廟/妈阁庙, {{cog|es|Macán}} Spanish Macán, {{cog|ja|-}} Japanese, {{ja-r|媽港|マカオ}} 媽港(マカオ) (makao), {{cog|la|Machao}} Latin Machao Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Macau
  1. A special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control. Wikipedia link: A-Ma Temple, Army Map Service Categories (place): Macau, Special administrative regions of China Synonyms: Macao, Amacao Synonyms (from Mandarin Chinese): Aomen [especially] Derived forms: Macanese Related terms (Autonomous regions): Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang Related terms (Municipalities): Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing Related terms (Provinces): Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang (english: claimed) Related terms (Special administrative regions): Hong Kong · Macau Translations (a city just west of Hong Kong): مَاكَاوْ (mākāw) [masculine] (Arabic), أَوْمِين (ʔawmīn) [masculine] (Arabic), Մակաո (Makao) (Armenian), Աոմին (Aomin) (Armenian), মাকাও (makaü) (Assamese), Macáu (Asturian), Makao (Azerbaijani), Аамы́нь (Aamýnʹ) [masculine] (Belarusian), Мака́о (Makáo) [masculine] (Belarusian), মাকাও (makaō) (Bengali), Макао (Makao) [neuter] (Bulgarian), А́омън (Áomǎn) [masculine] (Bulgarian), А́омен (Áomen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), မကာအို (ma.kaui) (Burmese), Macau (Catalan), 澳門 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 澳门 (Ò-mn̂g, Ò-mûi, Ò-bûn) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 澳門 (Chinese Cantonese), 澳门 (alt: ou³ mun⁴, ou³ mun⁴⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 馬交 (Chinese Cantonese), 马交 (maa⁵ gaau¹) [colloquial, rare] (Chinese Cantonese), 澳門 (Chinese Mandarin), 澳门 (Àomén) (Chinese Mandarin), Macao (Czech), Macao (Danish), މަކާއޫ (makāū) (Dhivehi), 澳門 (Eastern Min Chinese), 澳门 (Ó̤-muòng) (Eastern Min Chinese), Makao (Esperanto), Aomeno (Esperanto), Macau (Estonian), Aomen (english: seldom) (Estonian), Macao (Finnish), Macao [masculine] (French), მაკაო (maḳao) (Georgian), Macao (German), Μακάου (Makáou) (Greek), 澳門 (Hakka Chinese), 澳门 (O-mùn, Àu-mûn) (Hakka Chinese), מקאו (makao) (Hebrew), मकाओ (makāo) (Hindi), Makaó (Hungarian), Makaó [neuter] (Icelandic), Makau (Indonesian), Macao (Italian), 澳門 (Makao) (alt: マカオ) (Japanese), マカオ (Makao) (Japanese), アオメン (Aomen) (Japanese), ಮಕಾವು (makāvu) (Kannada), Аумын (Aumyn) (Kazakh), Макао (Makao) (Kazakh), ម៉ាកាវ (maakaaw) (Khmer), 마카오 (Makao) (Korean), 오문 (Omun) (alt: 澳門) (Korean), 아오먼 (Aomeon) (Korean), Макао (Makao) (Kyrgyz), ມາເກົາ (mā kao) (Lao), Makao (Latvian), Aomiņa (Latvian), Makao (Lithuanian), Aomenas [masculine] (Lithuanian), Macau (Macau), Мака́о (Makáo) [neuter] (Macedonian), Makau (Malay), മകൗ (makau) (Malayalam), ᠣᠣ ᠮᡝᠨ (oo men) (Manchu), Makau (Maori), मकाउ (makāu) (Marathi), Аомэн (Aomen) (Mongolian), Макао (Makao) (Mongolian), Macao [masculine] (Norman), Macao (Norwegian Bokmål), Макао (Makao) (Ossetian), ماکائو (mâkâ'o) (Persian), Macao [neuter] (Polish), Makau [neuter] (Polish), Macau (Portuguese), Macao (Romanian), Мака́о (Makáo) [masculine] (Russian), Аомы́нь (Aomýnʹ) (english: older transliteration but common) [masculine] (Russian), Аомэ́нь (Aomɛ́nʹ) (english: rare spelling, new transliteration) [masculine] (Russian), Macau (Scottish Gaelic), Macao (Scottish Gaelic), Macàthu (Scottish Gaelic), Макао [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Макау [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Makao [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), Makau [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), මකාවෝ (makāwō) (Sinhalese), Macau (Spanish), Makaw (Tagalog), Аомин (Aomin) (Tajik), Аомэн (Aomen) (Tajik), Макао (Makao) (Tajik), மக்காவு (makkāvu) (Tamil), మకావు (makāvu) (Telugu), มาเก๊า (maa-gáo) (Thai), อ้าวเหมิน (Thai), Makao (Turkmen), Аоми́нь (Aomýnʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), Мака́о (Makáo) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مکاؤ (makā'o) (Urdu), Makao (Uzbek), Ma Cao (Vietnamese), Áo Môn (Vietnamese), 澳門 (Wu Chinese), 澳门 (⁵au-men₆) (Wu Chinese), Aumwnz (Zhuang)
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Alternative forms

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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "orig": "en:Macau",
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            "Asia",
            "Earth",
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          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Special administrative regions of China",
          "orig": "en:Special administrative regions of China",
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            "Proper nouns",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Macanese"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1598, “24 Of the courſe out of the Hauen of Macau in China to the Iſland of Pulo Tymon, & the ſtraight of Sincapura.”, in W. P., transl., The Nauigation of the Portingales into the Eaſt Indies, London: John Wolfe, page 349:",
          "text": "When you depart from Macau to ye other coaſt, you must put out at the Eaſt chanel, if the wind bee Northweſt, if not, then you cannot paſſe, that way, but you muſt ſayle thorough the ſouthweſt chanel, which is a good way to paſſe out, running from the point of Varella, right unto the land on the other ſide of Macau,[…]",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "[1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis, London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 531:",
          "text": "SOuthward from the County of Quancheufu, lie many ſmall Iſlands in the Sea ; on one of which, being a little hanging Iſle, or rather a Rock, joyn'd to a great Iſland, lieth the City Makao, otherwiſe call'd Amacao, Machao, and Makau, poſſeſs'd by the Portugueſe, on a Promontory, ſo naturally Fortifi'd, that it is almoſt invincible.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Shann Davies, Macau, Passport Books, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "Within 20 years, Macau had become an international city and one of the richest places on earth, thanks to investment in the cargoes shipped through the port.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 September 12, Jochen Faget, “Crisis in China's gambling paradise”, in DW News, archived from the original on 2015-09-12:",
          "text": "Open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Macau's 35 casinos entertain around 30 million visitors each year, making over 30 billion euros in revenue. These are figures which make the US gambling city of Las Vegas look like a desert village.[…]\nMacau is the only place in China where gambling is officially permitted. Until the end of 1999, the peninsula was a Portuguese colony. Since it was handed back to China, the city of 600,000 people located at the mouth of the Pearl River has been a largely autonomous Special Administrative Region (SAR).",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 March 22, Nicole Hong, Alexandra Stevenson, “China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-23, Business:",
          "text": "At the height of the Covid wave, some mainland residents ventured across the border to the Chinese territory of Macau to find foreign-made mRNA vaccines.",
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        "A special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control."
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          "People's Republic of China",
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          "Hong Kong"
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          "Portuguese"
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        {
          "english": "claimed",
          "sense": "Provinces",
          "word": "Anhui · Fujian · Guangdong · Gansu · Guizhou · Henan · Hubei · Hebei · Hainan · Heilongjiang · Hunan · Jilin · Jiangsu · Jiangxi · Liaoning · Qinghai · Sichuan · Shandong · Shaanxi · Shanxi · Taiwan · Yunnan · Zhejiang"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Autonomous regions",
          "word": "Guangxi · Inner Mongolia · Ningxia · Tibet Autonomous Region · Xinjiang"
        },
        {
          "sense": "Municipalities",
          "word": "Beijing · Tianjin · Shanghai · Chongqing"
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          "sense": "Special administrative regions",
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        {
          "raw_tags": [
            "in the Chinese media"
          ],
          "sense": "from Mandarin Chinese",
          "tags": [
            "especially"
          ],
          "word": "Aomen"
        },
        {
          "word": "Macao"
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        {
          "word": "Amacao"
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mākāw",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مَاكَاوْ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
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          "roman": "ʔawmīn",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "أَوْمِين"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Մակաո"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
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          "roman": "Aomin",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Աոմին"
        },
        {
          "code": "as",
          "lang": "Assamese",
          "roman": "makaü",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "মাকাও"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macáu"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makao"
        },
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          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "Aamýnʹ",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Аамы́нь"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "Makáo",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Мака́о"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "makaō",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "মাকাও"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Макао"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "Áomǎn",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "А́омън"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "Áomen",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "А́омен"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ma.kaui",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "မကာအို"
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        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macau"
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        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳門"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ou³ mun⁴, ou³ mun⁴⁻²",
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          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳门"
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        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "馬交"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "maa⁵ gaau¹",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "马交"
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          "code": "cdo",
          "lang": "Eastern Min Chinese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳門"
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        {
          "code": "cdo",
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          "roman": "Ó̤-muòng",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳门"
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          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳門"
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          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "O-mùn, Àu-mûn",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳门"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "澳門"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "Ò-mn̂g, Ò-mûi, Ò-bûn",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "澳门"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳門"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "Àomén",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳门"
        },
        {
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳門"
        },
        {
          "code": "wuu",
          "lang": "Wu Chinese",
          "roman": "⁵au-men₆",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳门"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "dv",
          "lang": "Dhivehi",
          "roman": "makāū",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "މަކާއޫ"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makao"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Aomeno"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macau"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "english": "seldom",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Aomen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "maḳao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "მაკაო"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "Makáou",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Μακάου"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "מקאו"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "makāo",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "मकाओ"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makaó"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Makaó"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makau"
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        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
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        {
          "alt": "マカオ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "澳門"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "マカオ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Aomen",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "アオメン"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "makāvu",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "ಮಕಾವು"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Aumyn",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Аумын"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Макао"
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        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "maakaaw",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "ម៉ាកាវ"
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        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "마카오"
        },
        {
          "alt": "澳門",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Omun",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "오문"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Aomeon",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "아오먼"
        },
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Макао"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "mā kao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "ມາເກົາ"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makao"
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        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Aomiņa"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makao"
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        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Aomenas"
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        {
          "code": "mzs",
          "lang": "Macau",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macau"
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        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Makáo",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Мака́о"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makau"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "makau",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "മകൗ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "oo men",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "ᠣᠣ ᠮᡝᠨ"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Makau"
        },
        {
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "makāu",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "मकाउ"
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        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Aomen",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Аомэн"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Макао"
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        {
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "os",
          "lang": "Ossetian",
          "roman": "Makao",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Макао"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mâkâ'o",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "ماکائو"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "Makau"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macau"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Macao"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Makáo",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Мака́о"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "older transliteration but common",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Aomýnʹ",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Аомы́нь"
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          "code": "si",
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          "roman": "makāwō",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "මකාවෝ"
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          "code": "ta",
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          "roman": "makkāvu",
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          "word": "மக்காவு"
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          "roman": "makāvu",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "మకావు"
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          "roman": "maa-gáo",
          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "มาเก๊า"
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          "code": "th",
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          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "อ้าวเหมิน"
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          "code": "tk",
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          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
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          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Ma Cao"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
          "word": "Áo Môn"
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          "code": "za",
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      "ipa": "/məˈkaʊ/"
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        {
          "ref": "1598, “24 Of the courſe out of the Hauen of Macau in China to the Iſland of Pulo Tymon, & the ſtraight of Sincapura.”, in W. P., transl., The Nauigation of the Portingales into the Eaſt Indies, London: John Wolfe, page 349:",
          "text": "When you depart from Macau to ye other coaſt, you must put out at the Eaſt chanel, if the wind bee Northweſt, if not, then you cannot paſſe, that way, but you muſt ſayle thorough the ſouthweſt chanel, which is a good way to paſſe out, running from the point of Varella, right unto the land on the other ſide of Macau,[…]",
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          "ref": "[1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis, London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 531:",
          "text": "SOuthward from the County of Quancheufu, lie many ſmall Iſlands in the Sea ; on one of which, being a little hanging Iſle, or rather a Rock, joyn'd to a great Iſland, lieth the City Makao, otherwiſe call'd Amacao, Machao, and Makau, poſſeſs'd by the Portugueſe, on a Promontory, ſo naturally Fortifi'd, that it is almoſt invincible.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, Shann Davies, Macau, Passport Books, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 10:",
          "text": "Within 20 years, Macau had become an international city and one of the richest places on earth, thanks to investment in the cargoes shipped through the port.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "2015 September 12, Jochen Faget, “Crisis in China's gambling paradise”, in DW News, archived from the original on 2015-09-12:",
          "text": "Open 24 hours a day and seven days a week, Macau's 35 casinos entertain around 30 million visitors each year, making over 30 billion euros in revenue. These are figures which make the US gambling city of Las Vegas look like a desert village.[…]\nMacau is the only place in China where gambling is officially permitted. Until the end of 1999, the peninsula was a Portuguese colony. Since it was handed back to China, the city of 600,000 people located at the mouth of the Pearl River has been a largely autonomous Special Administrative Region (SAR).",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2023 March 22, Nicole Hong, Alexandra Stevenson, “China Approves an mRNA Covid Vaccine, Its First”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-23, Business:",
          "text": "At the height of the Covid wave, some mainland residents ventured across the border to the Chinese territory of Macau to find foreign-made mRNA vaccines.",
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      "ipa": "/məˈkaʊ/"
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      "word": "Aomen"
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      "word": "Macao"
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      "word": "Amacao"
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      "roman": "mākāw",
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      "word": "أَوْمِين"
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      "word": "মাকাও"
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      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
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      "word": "澳門"
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      "code": "wuu",
      "lang": "Wu Chinese",
      "roman": "⁵au-men₆",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "澳门"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "dv",
      "lang": "Dhivehi",
      "roman": "makāū",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "މަކާއޫ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makao"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Aomeno"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macau"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "english": "seldom",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Aomen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maḳao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "მაკაო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Makáou",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Μακάου"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "מקאו"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "makāo",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "मकाओ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makaó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Makaó"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makau"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "alt": "マカオ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "澳門"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "マカオ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Aomen",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "アオメン"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "makāvu",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "ಮಕಾವು"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Aumyn",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Аумын"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Макао"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "maakaaw",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "ម៉ាកាវ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "마카오"
    },
    {
      "alt": "澳門",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Omun",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "오문"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Aomeon",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "아오먼"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Макао"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "mā kao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "ມາເກົາ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makao"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Aomiņa"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makao"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Aomenas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mzs",
      "lang": "Macau",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Makáo",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Мака́о"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "makau",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "മകൗ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "oo men",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "ᠣᠣ ᠮᡝᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "makāu",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "मकाउ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Aomen",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Аомэн"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Макао"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Макао"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mâkâ'o",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "ماکائو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Makau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macau"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Makáo",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Мака́о"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "older transliteration but common",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Aomýnʹ",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Аомы́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "rare spelling, new transliteration",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Aomɛ́nʹ",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Аомэ́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macao"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macàthu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Макао"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Макау"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Makao"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Makau"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "makāwō",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "මකාවෝ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Macau"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Aomin",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Аомин"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Aomen",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Аомэн"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Makao",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Макао"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "makkāvu",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "மக்காவு"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "makāvu",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "మకావు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "maa-gáo",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "มาเก๊า"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "อ้าวเหมิน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makao"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Aomýnʹ",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Аоми́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Makáo",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Мака́о"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "makā'o",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "مکاؤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Makao"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Ma Cao"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Áo Môn"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "a city just west of Hong Kong",
      "word": "Aumwnz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Macau"
}

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