Macanesen.adj.
/ˌmakəˈniːz/, U.S. /ˌmækəˈniz/ A. n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Macao, esp. one of mixed Chinese and Portuguese descent.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] > parts of
Formosan1650
Manchu1736
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Yarkandi1854
Lisu1896
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China > parts of
Formosan1707
Yarkandi1841
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Manchurian1855
Cantonese1857
Pekingese1860
Khotanese1882
Teochew1893
Lisu1896
Lahu1900
Shanghailander1917
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
Shanghainese1964
1852 W. H. Macaulay Kathay ix. 81 The old year was allowed to pass out and the new year come in without much eclat at Macào, indeed they are a dull set — the Macànese.
1905 J. D. Ball Macao 57 The Macaoese patriotically used their best endeavours to prevent Spanish Governors from having rule over the city.
1948 C. 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.]
1951 New Yorker 17 Nov. 114/3 Macao's Portuguese community..is fairly well cut off from the..Chinese and Macanese (Eurasians) of the city.
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.
1983 Times 20 Dec. 6/7 Local Macanese—Eurasians speaking Portuguese and Cantonese interchangeably—are annoyed at the influx of civil servants from Portugal.
2. The Portuguese-based creole language spoken in Macao.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > pidgins and creoles > [noun] > other spec.
trade language1662
lingua franca1666
Mobilian1840
lingua geral1841
Nago1884
Papiamentu1895
Police Motu1933
Sango1948
Macanese1962
1962 Listener 22 Nov. 868/3 To this widespread [language] group belong..Jamaican Creole, Papiamento, Neo-Melanesian, Macanese.
B. adj.
Of or relating to Macao or the Macanese.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Far East > [adjective] > China > parts of China > relating to European colonies
Macanese1871
1871 W. A. Whyte Land Journey from Asia to Europe i. 7 Of course, being Portuguese, or rather Macanese, it is Roman Catholic, and, from outward appearance, most devout.
1895 H. Norman People & Politics Far East 188 So far from attempting to meet this competition, the Macanese authorities go blindly along the old road of commercial restriction, the port dues at Macao being exactly three times what they are at Hongkong.
1932 National Geographic Mag. 62 344 (caption) Incense ranks third in Macao's industrial life; some 1,300,000 Macanese dollars' worth is produced annually.
1977 Times 16 Apr. 11/3 The Macanese pataca is at par with the HongKong dollar.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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