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Matou

Matou is the alternative form of Madou.

Meaning of Madou

Proper noun

Madou

  1. A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
    • The farmers’ association for Madou District of Tainan, a well-known place for pomelo production, said it has joined a league of Taiwanese pomelo growers to divert sales of the fruit in anticipation of Chinese restrictions.2022 August 3, Huang Tzu-ti, “Pomelo farmers in Taiwan stunned by China ban”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2022

Origin of Matou

From Mandarin 麻豆 (Mádòu), Wade–Giles romanization: Ma²-tou⁴.

Questions about Matou

What is Matou the alternative form of?
Matou is the alternative form of Madou.

Words near Matou in the dictionary

  1. Matos
  2. Matoses
  3. Matosinhos
  4. Matott
  5. Matotts
  6. Matou
  7. Matoury
  8. Matousek
  9. Matouseks
  10. MatPat effect
  11. matpe bean

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Matou (page history and authors); Madou (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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