Difference between revisions of "Macao"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76340" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_76340" /> == | ||
<p> | <p> Small island at the mouth of the [[Canton]] River, 100 m. S. of Canton, forming with Colovane and Taipa since 1557 a Portuguese station (50, mostly Chinese); is a very healthy port, though very hot; formerly it was a centre of the Coolie trade, abolished in 1873, but its anchorage is bad, and since the rise of [[Hong-Kong]] its commerce has suffered severely; chief import opium, export tea; it is the head-quarters of French missions in China. </p> | ||
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Revision as of 12:56, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) A macaw.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Small island at the mouth of the Canton River, 100 m. S. of Canton, forming with Colovane and Taipa since 1557 a Portuguese station (50, mostly Chinese); is a very healthy port, though very hot; formerly it was a centre of the Coolie trade, abolished in 1873, but its anchorage is bad, and since the rise of Hong-Kong its commerce has suffered severely; chief import opium, export tea; it is the head-quarters of French missions in China.
