Coloane

/koˈloː.ɐn/

Coloane proper noun: an island in southern Macau.

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Proper noun

Coloane

An island in southern Macau.
- Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, contained, with the dependent islands of Taipa and Coloane, 74,568 Chinese, 3,106 native Portuguese, 615 Portuguese from the Continent and 177 from the islands, and 161 foreigners.1899, “Portugal”, in Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898 (Third Series), volume III (XXXVIII), New York: D. Appleton and Company, page 649, column 2
- The Catholic being the state religion of Portugal, the prisons and the five government hospitals at Macao and in Portuguese Timor are all open to the ministrations of Catholic priests and sisters; three of these hospitals have chaplains of their own. The government also maintains on the islands of...1910, Francis J. Bacchus, “Macao”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, volume IX, New York: Robert Appleton Company, page 482, column 1

The government also maintains on the islands of Coloane and Dom João, near Macao, two leperhouses, which are frequently visited by missionaries and sisters.1910, Francis J. Bacchus, “Macao”, in The Catholic Encyclopedia, volume IX, New York: Robert Appleton Company, page 482, column 1:
Including two small islands—Taipa and Coloane—the whole colony totals only six square miles, but it supports some 300,000 people.1953 May, George W. Long, “Macau, a Hole in the Bamboo Curtain”, in National Geographic Magazine, volume CIII, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page...
The 9 adults swam to safety on Coloane island off this Portuguese enclave.1960 September 3, “3 Die Fleeing Reds”, in The Lincoln Star, volume 58, number 290, Lincoln, Nebraska, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 5, column 7:
To the south of the main part of Macau, a bridge spanning a mile and a half of water leads to the island of Taipa, and a causeway connects Taipa to the other island, Coloane.1986 January 12, Rudy Maxa, “Magical Macau, Gateway to China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Sep...

Borrowed from Portuguese Coloane, from Cantonese 過路環 /过路环 (gwo³ lou⁶ waan⁴), a Qing-era name of the sea off the southwest coast of Coloane.

What does Coloane mean?: Coloane means an island in southern Macau.
How do you use Coloane in a sentence?: The government also maintains on the islands of Coloane and Dom João, near Macao, two leperhouses, which are frequently visited by missionaries and sisters.
What part of speech is Coloane?: Coloane is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Coloane?: Coloane is pronounced /koˈloː.ɐn/.

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