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Macau (disambiguation)

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Macau or Macao or Macauo may refer to:
  • Macau
    Macau
    The Macau Special Administrative Region , commonly known as Macau or Macao , is one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong...

     or Macao, a special administrative region
    Special administrative region
    A special administrative region, or SAR may be:People's Republic of China* Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, self-governing subnational entity in Hong Kong and Macau...

     of the People's Republic of China
    People's Republic of China
    The People's Republic of China , commonly known as China, is the largest country in East Asia and the most populous in the world with over 1.3 billion people, approximately one-fifth of the world's population...

     and formerly a Portuguese possession.
    • The annual Macau Grand Prix
      Macau Grand Prix
      The Macau Grand Prix is a motor-racing event held annually in November in the streets of Macau. It is known for being the only street circuit racing event in which both car and motorcycle races are held...

       motor sport events held in the city.
  • Macau
    Macau, Gironde
    Macau is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France....

    , a commune in the Gironde
    Gironde
    Gironde is a common name for the Gironde Estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...

     département of France
    France
    France , officially the French Republic , is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean...

    .
  • Macau, a port city in Brazil
    Brazil
    Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the fifth largest country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the fifth most populous country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean...

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Films:
  • Macao
    Macao (film)
    Macao is a black-and-white film noir adventure film directed by Josef von Sternberg and Nicholas Ray. Producer Howard Hughes fired director von Sternberg during filming and hired Nicholas Ray to finish it...

    , a 1952 film directed by Josef von Sternberg
    Josef von Sternberg
    Josef von Sternberg aka Jonas Sternberg was an Austrian-American film director. He is one of the earliest examples of 'auteur' filmmakers, and practised many other skills while making his films including cinematographer, writer, and editor...

    .


Novels:
  • Macao
    Macao (Killmaster novel)
    Macao is a novel in the Killmaster series of spy novels, published in 1968.-Plot summary:Princess Morgan de Gama is an addict, a whore, and a deadbeat. As the story begins, a film of her sexual exploits is being auctioned off to three international buyers. The Portuguese government would like her...

    , a spy novel in the Nick Carter-Killmaster
    Nick Carter-Killmaster
    Nick Carter-Killmaster is a series of spy adventures published from 1964 until the late 1990s, first by Award Books, then by Ace Books, and finally by Jove Books. At least 261 novels were published....

     series.
  • Macau, a novel by Daniel Carney
    Daniel Carney
    Daniel Carney was a popular novelist. Three of his novels have been made into films.Daniel Carney was born in Beirut in 1944. In 1963 he settled in Rhodesia and joined the British South Africa Police, where he served for three and a half years...

    .


Bird:
  • Ara Macao, or Scarlet Macaw
    Scarlet Macaw
    The Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful Macaw.It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south - eastern Mexico to Amazoniain Peru and Brazil, in lowlands up to up to . It has been widely extirpated by habitat destruction and capture for the pet...

    , a large, colourful parrot
    Parrot
    Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 372 species in 86 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most warm and tropical regions. The order is subdivded in three families: the Psittacidae , the Cacatuidae and the Nestoridae...

    .


Game:
  • Macau
    Macau (game)
    Macau, or Makaó, is a Hungarian version of Crazy Eights, where players play a single card in sequence in a manner similar to Uno. Unlike Uno, however, Makaó is played with a standard deck of 52 cards. Makaó also involves bluffing; for example, you do not necessarily have to play a card if you...

    , a card game.


Or even:
  • Mação
    Mação
    Mação is a municipality in Portugal with a total area of 400.0 km² and a total population of 7,763 inhabitants.The municipality is composed of eight parishes, and is located in the Santarém District....

    , a municipality in Portugal
    Portugal
    Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...

    .