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Macanese, n. and a.|mækəˈniːz|
Also (formerly) Macaoese |mækaʊˈiːz|, Macaonese |mækaʊˈniːz|. Pl. unchanged.
[f. the place-name Macao (ad. Jap. Amakawa) + -n- + -ese: in Pg. macaense (see quot. 1902).]
A. n.
a. A native or inhabitant of Macao, a city and Portuguese dependency on the south-east coast of China, esp. one of mixed Chinese and Portuguese descent.
b. The Portuguese-based creole language spoken in Macao.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to Macao or the Macanese.
Under the terms of a Joint Statement issued by the Chinese and Portuguese governments in April 1987, China will resume sovereignty over Macao (Aomen in Mandarin Chinese) on 20 Dec. 1999.
[1902C. A. Montalto de Jesus Historic Macao iv. 41 The Macaense patois..attests a predominant Malaccan element.] 1905J. D. Ball Macao 57 The Macaoese patriotically used their best endeavours to prevent Spanish Governors from having rule over the city. 1932Nat. Geogr. Mag. LXII. 344 (caption) Incense ranks third in Macao's industrial life; some 1,300,000 Macanese dollars' worth is produced annually. 1948C. R. Boxer Fidalgos in Far East 1550–1770 xv. 258 Green Island was now about the only place left for the Macaonese to disport themselves extra muros. 1951New Yorker 17 Nov. 114/3 Macao's Portuguese community..is fairly well cut off from the..Chinese and Macanese (Eurasians) of the city. 1962Listener 22 Nov. 868/3 To this widespread [language] group belong..Jamaican Creole, Papiamento, Neo-Melanesian, Macanese. 1967‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese x. 110 ‘Are they all Chinese?’ ‘No. Some are Macanese.’ 1974‘G. Black’ Golden Cockatrice iii. 49 The man..was mostly Portuguese but like so many Macanese had obviously escaped..into the larger world. 1977Times 16 Apr. 11/3 The Macanese pataca is at par with the HongKong dollar. 1983Times 20 Dec. 6/7 Local Macanese—Eurasians speaking Portuguese and Cantonese interchangeably—are annoyed at the influx of civil servants from Portugal. |