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São Lourenço

São Lourenço proper noun: a parish of Macau.

Proper noun

São Lourenço

  1. A parish of Macau.
    • Here we Portuguese here are just a drop in the ocean. So even in my time when I arrived here the Portuguese still lived in a quarter of the São Lourenço parish up to Praia Grande, while the Chinese lived on the other side, behind the council chambers.[…] The Portuguese used to live in between the...1996 [1982], Manuel Teixeira, quotee, “The Phantom of the Seminary: Father Manuel Teixeira (1982)”, in Pilgrims to the Past: Private Conversations with Historians of European Expansion, CNWS...
    • Cándido's father, Mateus Gutierrez Manaham,¹⁷ was born in Manila around 1785, and died in Macao (São Lourenço parish) on May 4, 1843.2007, Review of Culture, number 23, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 29, column 1

Examples of São Lourenço in a sentence

  • Located in Macau’s São Lourenço parish, the barracks were completed in 1874 to accommodate around 200 troops from Goa, then part of Portuguese India.2018 February 20, David Vetter, “Beyond the casino: 5 most Instagram-friendly Macau hotspots”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • The temple is located in São Lourenço Parish, in an area known as the Barra District.2019 October 9, “MEMORY LANE”, in Macau Daily Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Sep 2023, Macau:
  • Surveyed locations included 13 supermarkets in São Lázaro, São Lourenço and Sé Parishes.2019 December 16, Consumer Council [消費者委員會], “Consumer Council released 5th supermarket price survey report of the current month”, in...
  • I had an unprecedented run of luck, which paid for dinner at a restaurant in São Lourenço.2019 December 31, Joanna Kavenna, “Notes from an author: Joanna Kavenna on Macau”, in National Geographic, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Origin of São Lourenço

From Portuguese São Lourenço, named after Saint Lawrence.

Questions about São Lourenço

What does São Lourenço mean?
São Lourenço means a parish of Macau.
How do you use São Lourenço in a sentence?
Located in Macau’s São Lourenço parish, the barracks were completed in 1874 to accommodate around 200 troops from Goa, then part of Portuguese India.
What part of speech is São Lourenço?
São Lourenço is a proper noun.

Words near São Lourenço in the dictionary

  1. São Filipe
  2. São Francisco
  3. São Gabriel da Cachoeira
  4. São Gonçalo
  5. São João dos Angolares
  6. São Lourenço
  7. São Luis
  8. São Luís
  9. São Miguel
  10. São Nicolau
  11. São Paulo

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