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Taipa Grande

Taipa Grande proper noun: a hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.

Proper noun

Taipa Grande

  1. A hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
    • From a study of the available information, it was deduced that until approximately 1920, virtually the whole of the site was beneath the sea between the then separate islands of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena. In 1920 a causeway was built linking Taipa Grande to Taipa Pequena and this now forms the...1983, World Dredging & Marine Construction, volume 19, Symcon Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2
    • Major reclaimed areas include the Ilha Verde area, Areia Preta, lao Hon, Hipódromo, the early twentieth century reclamation of the Porto Exterior, subsequent reclamation projects of the Porto Exterior (Zona de Aterros do Porto Exterior or ZAPE and the Novos Aterros do Porto Exterior or NAPE), and...2001, Richard Louis Edmonds, William John Kyle, “Land Use in Macau: Changes between 1972 and 1994”, in Arthur H. Chen, editor, Culture of Metropolis in Macau: An International Symposium on Cultural...

Examples of Taipa Grande in a sentence

  • In 1920 a causeway was built linking Taipa Grande to Taipa Pequena and this now forms the northern boundary of the site.1983, World Dredging & Marine Construction, volume 19, Symcon Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:
  • Taipa Quebrada was an anchorage in Taipa island that at the time was formed by two small islands, Taipa Grande (or Taipa Quebrada), and Taipa Pequena, initially separated by a narrow channel.2013 [2009], Rogério Miguel Puga, “Notes”, in Monica Andrade, transl., The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793, Hong Kong University...
  • The 2.2km-long Taipo Trail (Trilho de Taipa Grande) rings Taipa Grande, a 160m-high hill at the eastern end of the island.2015 January, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, “Macau”, in Hong Kong (Lonely Planet), 16th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 247, column 2:
  • As of 4pm, the Avenida Dos Jogos Da Asia Oriental in Taipa recorded 236mm of total precipitation and Taipa Grande saw 213.4mm.2022 June 8, “Macau sees multiple floods as red rain signal takes effect”, in The Standard, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2022...

Origin of Taipa Grande

From Portuguese Taipa Grande.

Questions about Taipa Grande

What does Taipa Grande mean?
Taipa Grande means a hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
How do you use Taipa Grande in a sentence?
In 1920 a causeway was built linking Taipa Grande to Taipa Pequena and this now forms the northern boundary of the site.
What part of speech is Taipa Grande?
Taipa Grande is a proper noun.

Words near Taipa Grande in the dictionary

  1. taioba
  2. Taioha'e
  3. Taiohae
  4. Taiowa
  5. Taipa
  6. Taipa Grande
  7. Taipa Pequena
  8. Taipalsaari
  9. taipan
  10. taipans
  11. taipao

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