Associations to the word «Macau»

Wiktionary

MACAU, proper noun. A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.

Dictionary definition

MACAU, noun. A former Portuguese province on the south coast of China and two islands in the South China Sea; reverted to China in 1999.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats