macao in English

noun
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a special administrative region on the southeastern coast of China, formerly a Portuguese dependency, comprising the Macao peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Cologne; population 433,700 (est. 2006); capital, Macao City. Visited by Vasco da Gama in 1497, Macao was developed by the Portuguese as a trading post and became the chief center of trade between Europe and China in the 18th century. In 1999, Macao passed to China, as agreed upon in 1987.

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1. 'Will it snow in Macao?'

2. He wasn't even this bad in Macao.

3. 11 These are ferries that ply between Hong Kong and Macao.

4. 27 And before that, with the consent of the Portuguese Macao government, the honorary consulate of the United Republic of Tanzania may look after the consular affairs related to Macao.

5. A cultural and infotainment with various Macao TV programmes including cultural feature style, documentary and entertainment.

6. Following its launch in December 2012, the EU-Macao academic programme organised its first activities.

7. Patois cannot be neglected if we wish to study the history and languages of Macao.

8. The fifth chapter is suggestion on the impeccability of limited company incorporation legal system in Macao.

9. AARP attended the ESCAP meeting in Macao to develop strategies on ageing for the ESCAP Region

10. Cosec, through its International Department, develops cooperation protocols with AEP, ECGC, and the Monetary Authority of Macao

11. (adverb) Macao was Administratively united to Portuguese Timor till 1896, and still pays a contribution to the revenue.

12. Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council — Macao Special Administrative Region: Annual Report 2009

13. 19 The depository library system in Macao has great significance in the development of document resources in the region.

14. After exchanging for Hong Kong dollars, the Japanese military purchased supplies and strategic goods in the neighbouring neutral Portuguese colony of Macao.

15. Bioecology and vectorial capacity of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Macao, China, in relation to dengue virus transmission J Med Entomol

16. On June 11, 2007 Russia agreed to transfer the unfrozen North Korean funds from the Macao bank and transfer them to North Korea.

17. Why did Dunn remain Aloof from the expatriate society in Macao for so many years when other traders partook of it regularly?

18. Writer-director Hamish Bennett won the best screenplay award in Macao for 'Bellbird,' his down-home story about a New Zealand farmer who grooms his …

19. 5 A new HK$350m seaport is also planned and there will be a second bridge linking Taipa with the Macao mainland.

20. In December 2012, Victoria released a photo-essay book titled Victoria's Hong-Ma, which included her travel experiences in Hong Kong and Macao.

21. Capital Airlines operates mainly in China (including the Hong Kong and Macao special autonomous regions) and Taiwan, focusing on international air passenger service and cargo transport operations.

22. 21 Established in 19 Luminary Electric Co. , Ltd. is a professional manufacturer of terminal blocks situated in the Dongguan City of River Delta, near to Hong Kong and Macao.

23. The successful practice of the "one country, two systems" policy in HK and Macao, breaks through the conventional knowledge of the unitary system in many aspects.

24. Fourth, the "big triangle Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao tourism zone" in the proposed the idea, although not the tripartite agreement, but this has been the trend of the times.

25. 1 day ago · HONG KONG — Hong Kong and Macao suspended use of the BioNTech coronavirus vaccine Wednesday, Citing packaging defects — specifically loose vial caps — in a single batch of doses

26. The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB), officially the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge, is a 55-kilometre (34 mi) bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands.

27. CANbridge also has exclusive rights to develop and Commercialise Puma biotechnology's Nerlynx (neratinib) in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao (collectively, greater China); a license with Apogenix to develop and Commercialise APG101 in greater China; a license (ex-North America) to develop and commercialize AVEO Oncology's ErbB3 inhibitory antibody candidate AV203 and an agreement with …

28. (verb) The earliest mention of tea by an Englishman is probably that contained in a letter from Mr Wickham, an agent of the East India Company, written from Firando in Japan, on the 27th June 1615, to Mr Eaton, another officer of the company, resident at Macao, and asking for "a pot of the best sort of Chaw."