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Macau vs Vancouver - What's the difference?

macau | vancouver |

As proper nouns the difference between macau and vancouver

is that macau is a special administrative region of the people's republic of china just west of hong kong, previously under portuguese control while vancouver is a family name.

macau

English

(wikipedia Macau)

Alternative forms

* Macao

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China just west of Hong Kong, previously under Portuguese control.

    • Derived terms

    * Macanese

    Synonyms

    * (especially in the Chinese media )

    Anagrams

    *

    References

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    vancouver

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A family name.
  • A large city and seaport in British Columbia, Canada
  • A city in the state of Washington, USA.
  • A mountain between Alaska and Canada in the Saint Elias Mountains.

    • Synonyms

    * (Canadian city) Hollywood North (informal), Hongcouver (qualifier), Lotusland (informal), No Fun City (qualifier), Raincouver (informal), Vangroovy (informal).

    Derived terms

    * Vancouverish * Vancouverite * Vancouver Island

    References

    * The True Meaning of Vancouver, Joseph Jones, Vancouver Sun'', 1994-12-31, which in turn cites ''Woordenboek der Noord — en Zuidnederlandse plaatsnamen English eponyms ----