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Macao   /məkˈaʊ/   Listen
Macao

noun
1.
A former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999.  Synonym: Macau.



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"Macao" Quotes from Famous Books



... Thus, the Chinese name Ye-Yia, by which they occasionally designate their Fiddle, may possibly be a corruption of giga or geige, considering that the common name of the Chinese Fiddle is Unheen, and that Macao, where this instrument is said to be called Ye-Yin, has been above three hundred years in the possession of the Portuguese, and in constant communication with European nations." This seems to deprive the argument of the Eastern origin of the Fiddle of weight, ...
— The Violin - Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators • George Hart



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