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The Macao Special Administrative Region may, on its own, using the name "Macao, China", maintain and develop relations and conclude and implement agreements with foreign states and regions and relevant international organizations in the appropriate fields, including the economic, trade, financial and
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There are two official versions of the Basic Law of Macau, one in Chinese and one in Portuguese. According to articles 136 and 137 of the Basic Law the place may represent itself as "中國澳門" or "Macau, China". The two names are specified in the versions of their respective languages only and not vice
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Dualism is visible in many English language government publications and documents, sometimes even within the same paragraph. For example, the spelling "Macao" appears on the local government's English language emblem as seen at its web portal and also at the official website of the Macao Government
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in 1999, the government of Macau considers both "Macau" and "Macao" to be acceptable spellings of the name in English language publications, but the former was more widely used across English-speaking world, especially in the United States and Australia. While the latter was more widely used in the
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A Região Administrativa Especial de Macau pode, com a denominação de «Macau, China», manter e desenvolver, por si própria, relações, celebrar e executar acordos com os países e regiões ou organizações internacionais interessadas nos domínios apropriados, designadamente nos da economia, comércio,
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announced that Macao would be the spelling in English. The Macau authorities issued an internal circular on the matter since when government publications in English use the spelling Macao. Less commonly used is the
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ceased and the sea became calm. The fishing boat, without further event, arrived safely at the port of Hoi Keang. The young lady walked ashore to the top of the Barra Hill where, in a glowing
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Wu, Zhiliang; Jin, Guoping (2013-10-15). "The evolution of spellings of 'Macau': an examination of early Portuguese and Western archival materials". In Wong, Katrine K. (ed.).
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Two spellings of the name exist in English: "Macao", derived from the original Portuguese spelling; and "Macau", derived from the current orthography. Since the
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versa. The "unofficial" English translations from Government Printing Bureau and University of Macau adopt the "Macao" spelling throughout.
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when an attractive young lady, who had boarded the boat at the eleventh hour, stood up and ordered the tempest to calm down. The
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is the traditional Cantonese name of the place, it is common among the Cantonese-speaking to use the Portuguese-derived name 馬交
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Macau in Cantonese pronunciation (translated as 'The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China')
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Macau in Portuguese (translated as 'The Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China')
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monetary, shipping, communications, tourism, cultural, science and technology, and sports fields.
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United Kingdom, especially in government documents. Meanwhile, the spelling was mixed in Canada.
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finanças, transportes marítimos, comunicações, turismo, cultura, ciência, tecnologia e desporto.
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pronunciation of "ao" is approximately as in cow; the a is much more audible than the o.
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Textual evidence points to the name "Macau" being derived from a local name
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texts since the sixteenth century. The name was transcribed variously as "
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sailors landed and asked the name of the place, the locals replied "媽閣" (
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The Lone Flag: Memoir of the British Consul in Macao during World War II
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After the 1999 resumption of sovereignty the central government of
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of light and fragrance; she immediately ascended into heaven. A
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Heong San Ou (香山澳 Xiangshan Ao; Fragrant-mountain Inlet)
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was built on the specific location where she set foot.
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Archived from 994:Wilayah Pentadbiran Khas Makau 639:Cidade do Nome de Deus de Macau 293:publication. The evolution to " 1564:Military under Portuguese rule 874:Sonderverwaltungsregion Macao 727: 719: 713: 686:المنطقة الإدارية الخاصة لماكاو 616:, and of the top-level domain 527:Official and diplomatic status 457: 435: 285:into the near-modern form of " 111:special administrative regions 101: 92: 84: 59: 50: 1: 1917:Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge 1653:Commission Against Corruption 1260:"Macao SAR Government Portal" 573:Notwithstanding the official 1176:(in Chinese). Archived from 955:(Makao Tokubetsu Gyōsei-ku) 1698:Municipality of the Islands 1439:. Canadainternational.gc.ca 1098:Makao özel yönetim bölgesi 646:Alternative names for Macau 595:International Monetary Fund 587:international organisations 277:) in sound. 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Index

Chinese
pinyin
Portuguese
simplified Chinese
traditional Chinese
pinyin
special administrative regions
China
Hong Kong
History of Macau
Macau
[mɐˈkaw]
Templo de A-Má
Jyutping
goddess
Matsu
saga
natural disaster
gale
aura
temple
Portuguese
Jyutping
Jyutping
A-Ma
Japanese
[amɐˈkɐ̃w]
tilde
Jesuit
Reforms of Portuguese orthography

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