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Meaning of Makaw | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
maˈkaw

Definitions

  1. Macau (a city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong)
  2. Macau Chinese; Chinese Macanese (an ethnic Chinese person from Macau)
  3. Cantonese (a Cantonese-speaking ethnic Chinese person who transited from Macau, and may also possibly be from Canton (Guangzhou or Guangdong province in general) or Hong Kong)
    broadly
  4. a good cook
    broadly

Examples

“Sa pagkakawalay ng Portugal sa korona ng España noong 1640 ay napasama rin ang Goa, Molukas, Makaw, atbp. Ang mga iyon ay itinuturing ng mga pag-aaring Portugés, bago naisanib ang kahariang ito sa Imperyong Kastila noong 1580.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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