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The name Macau (Portuguese pronunciation:) [1] is thought to be derived from the Templo de A-Má (Temple of A-Ma or Ma Kok Temple) (媽閣廟, Cantonese Jyutping: Maa1 Gok3 Miu6, local pronunciation: Maa5 Gok3 Miu6 or Maa5 Gok3 Miu2), a still-existing landmark built in 1448 dedicated to the goddess Matsu - the goddess of seafarers and fishermen.
Other names or former names Macau: Aomen - 澳门 (Mandarin Chinese, Simplified), Maa Gau - 馬交 (Cantonese (traditional characters) ...
Macau [e] or Macao [f] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about 710,000 people [12] and a land area of 32.9 km 2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world.
As a general rule, it is not a point of reference, however for ethnic Chinese living and raised in Macau; they often identify themselves as Chinese or Chinese from Macau; "Macanese" is applied to those people who have been acculturated through Western education and religion and are recognized by the Macanese community as being Macanese. [37]
A 2010 study by Baiju Shah & al data-mined the Registered Persons Database of Canadian health card recipients in the province of Ontario for a particularly Chinese-Canadian name list. Ignoring potentially non-Chinese spellings such as Lee (49,898 total), [ 24 ] : Table 1 they found that the most common Chinese names in Ontario were: [ 24 ]
The name Macau was thought to be derived from the name of the temple. See Hokkien Chinese: 阿媽; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-má; lit. 'grandmother', 'elderly woman'; Cantonese Chinese: 阿媽; Jyutping: aa 3 maa 5; Cantonese Yale: a máh; lit. 'an epithet of the Fujianese sea goddess Matsu ()'.
Macau people (Chinese: 澳門人) are people who originate from or live in Macau.. Besides their use to refer to Macau residents, these terms may also be used more loosely to refer to those who may not be residents, but have lived in the city for an extensive period of time or have a strong cultural connection with Macau.
Municipality of Macau Concelho de Macau 澳門市: Coterminous with the Macau Peninsula. Its seat was also known as Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau (= City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, full motto: Cidade do (Santo) Nome de Deus de Macau, Não Há Outra Mais Leal, lit. City of the (Holy) Name of God of Macau, None Is More Loyal)