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Macao
- administrative zone of China, consisting of a peninsula & two small adjacent islands at the mouth of the Zhu River, west of Hong Kong: formerly under Portuguese administration: 6.6 sq mi (17 sq km); pop. 339,000
- its capital, a seaport coextensive with the peninsula
Port. sp. Macau
See Macao in American Heritage Dictionary 4