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Ma·cau

also Ma·cao (mə-kou′)

A city and administrative region of southeast China comprising the Macau Peninsula and two offshore islands in the South China Sea west of Hong Kong. A Portuguese trading post was established here in 1557 and became a free port in 1849. Macau was a Portuguese overseas province until 1999, when it reverted to Chinese sovereignty. It has a large tourism industry and many casinos.

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Macau

(məˈkau)

(Placename) the Portuguese name for Macao

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Ma•cao

(məˈkaʊ)

n.

1. a former Portuguese overseas territory in S China, comprising a peninsula in the Zhu Jiang delta and two adjacent islands: a special administrative region of China since 1999. 426,400; 6 sq. mi. (16 sq. km).

2. the capital of this region.

Portuguese, Macáu.

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Harmon ME, Franklin JF, Swanson FJ, Sollins P, Gregory SV, Lattin JD, Anderson NH, Cline SP, Aumen NG, Sedell JR, Lienkaemper GW, Cromack K Jr, Cummins KW (1986) Ecology of coarse woody debris in temperate ecosystems.

Coarse woody debris reduces the rate of moisture loss from surface soils of cleared temperate Australian woodlands

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