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Taiwan vs Macau - What's the difference?

taiwan | macau |

As proper nouns the difference between taiwan and macau

is that taiwan is taiwan (east asian country) while macau is a special administrative region of the people's republic of china just west of hong kong, previously under portuguese control.

taiwan

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun) (wikipedia Taiwan) (commonscat)
  • Common name for a country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China, Its de facto capital is Taipei.
  • An island off the coast of mainland China, also known as Formosa since 16th century.
  • A claimed province of the People's Republic of China

    • Derived terms

    * Taiwanese

    Usage notes

    Taiwan'' and ''Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.

    See also

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    Anagrams

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    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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