Macau

English

Map including MACAU 澳門 (AMS, 1954)

Alternative forms

Macao

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, corruption of southern Chinese 阿媽港／阿妈港, from 阿媽／阿妈 (aa³ maa¹, “Mazu, a patron goddess of sailors”) + 港 (gong², “bay, port”).[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /məˈkaʊ/
Rhymes: -aʊ
Audio (CA) (file)

Proper noun

Macau

A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.
- 1990, Shann Davies, Macau‎, Passport Books, →ISBN Invalid ISBN, page 10:
  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.

Synonyms

Aomen (especially in the Chinese media)

Derived terms

Macanese

Translations

a city just west of Hong Kong

Arabic: ماكاو‎ m (makao), أَوْمِين‎ m (ʾawmīn)
Armenian: Մակաո (Makao), Աոմին (hy) (Aomin)
Assamese: মাকাও (makaü)
Azerbaijani: Makao (az)
Belarusian: Аамы́нь m (Aamýnʹ), Мака́о m (Makáo)
Bengali: মাকাও (makao)
Bulgarian: Макао (bg) n (Makao), А́омън m (Áomǎn), А́омен m (Áomen)
Burmese: မကာအို (ma.kaui)
Catalan: Macau (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 澳門, 澳门 (ou³ mun⁴, ou³ mun^4-2), 馬交, 马交 (maa⁵ gaau¹) (rare, colloquial)
Hakka: 澳門, 澳门 (O-mùn, Àu-mûn)
Mandarin: 澳門／澳门 (zh) (Àomén)
Min Dong: 澳門, 澳门 (Ó̤-muòng)
Min Nan: 澳門, 澳门 (Ò-mn̂g, Ò-mûi, Ò-bûn)
Wu: 澳門, 澳门 (au men)
Czech: Macao (cs)
Danish: Macao
Dhivehi: މަކާއޫ‎ (makāū)
Esperanto: Makao
Estonian: Macau (et), Aomen (seldom)
Finnish: Macao (fi)
French: Macao (fr) m
Georgian: მაკაო (maḳao)
German: Macao (de)
Greek: Μακάου (Makáou)
Hebrew: מקאו‎ (makao)
Hindi: मकाओ (makāo)
Hungarian: Makaó (hu)
Icelandic: Makaó n
Italian: Macao
Japanese: 澳門 (マカオ, Makao), マカオ (Makao), アオメン (Aomen)
Kannada: ಮಕಾವು (makāvu)
Kazakh: Аумын (Aumyn), Макао (Makao)
Khmer: ម៉ាកាវ (maakaaw)
Korean: 마카오 (Makao), 오문(澳門) (ko) (Omun), 아오먼 (Aomeon)
Kyrgyz: Макао (ky) (Makao)
Latvian: Makao, Aomiņa
Lithuanian: Makao (lt), Aomenas (lt) m
Macedonian: Мака́о n (Makáo)
Malay: Makau
Malayalam: മകൗ (makau)
Maori: Makau
Mongolian: Аомэн (Aomen), Макао (Makao)
Norman: Macao m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Macao
Ossetian: Макао (Makao)
Persian: ماکائو‎ (mâkâo)
Polish: Macao (pl) n, Makau (pl) n
Portuguese: Macau (pt)
Romanian: Macao
Russian: Мака́о (ru) m (Makáo), Аомы́нь (ru) m (Aomýnʹ) (older transliteration but common), Аомэ́нь m (Aomɛ́nʹ) (rare spelling, new transliteration)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Макао m, Макау m
Roman: Makao m, Makau m
Sinhalese: මකාවෝ (makāwō)
Spanish: Macau
Tagalog: Makaw
Tajik: Аомин (Aomin), Аомэн (Aomen), Макао (Makao)
Tamil: மக்காவு (makkāvu)
Telugu: మకావు (makāvu)
Thai: มาเก๊า (th) (maa-gáo), อ้าวเหมิน
Turkmen: Makao
Ukrainian: Аоми́нь m (Aomýnʹ), Мака́о m (Makáo)
Urdu: مکاؤ‎ (makā'o)
Uzbek: Makao
Vietnamese: Ma Cao, Áo Môn
Zhuang: Aumwnz

References

Wu, Z., and G. Jin. "The evolution of spellings of ‘Macau’: An examination of early Portuguese and Western archival materials." Macao–cultural interaction and literary representations (2014): 3-11.

“Macau”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary

Anagrams

Cà Mau, cauma

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /məˈkaw/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /maˈkaw/

Proper noun

Macau m

Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)

Derived terms

macauenc

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Macao (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈkaw/ [maˈkaʊ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈkaw/

Audio (Brazil) (file)
Rhymes: -aw
Hyphenation: Ma‧cau

Proper noun

Macau m

Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)

Usage notes

Macau is never indicated by an article; see usage notes for Portugal.

Derived terms

macaense
馬交／马交

Spanish

Alternative forms

Macao

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maˈkau/ [maˈkau̯]
Rhymes: -au

Proper noun

Macau m

Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Macao
Makaw

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from Cantonese 阿媽港 (aa³ maa⁵ gong², “Mazu Harbor”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: Ma‧cau

IPA^(key): /maˈkaw/, [mɐˈxaʊ̯]

Proper noun

Macau

Macau (a city and special administrative region of China)
Used to call several things that are Chinese

Derived terms

lumpiyang makaw
lutong makaw

References

“Macau”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

[1] Wu, Z., and G. Jin. "The evolution of spellings of ‘Macau’: An examination of early Portuguese and Western archival materials." Macao–cultural interaction and literary representations (2014): 3-11.