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Ào mén

Meanings

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Ào mén

1.Macao or Macau, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 澳[Ào])

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Wiktionary

1.Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)
2.(historical) Municipality of Macau (a former municipality of Macau)
3.O Mun (a village of Hang Hau Rural Committee, Sai Kung district, New Territories, Hong Kong)

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Etymology

(Macau): First attested in 陳末議以保海隅萬世治安疏, a memorial to the emperor [1564] by government official Pang Shangpeng (龐尚鵬): : Earlier names include 濠鏡澳／濠镜澳 (Háojìng'ào) (蠔鏡澳／蚝镜澳), 濠鏡／濠镜 (Háojìng), 香山澳, etc.

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