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Taipa Pequena

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

Proper noun

Taipa Pequena

  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 Pequena 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:
  • On Taipa Island, there are two trails, the 2.2km Taipa Grande and 2.3km Taipa Pequena which take hikers to the two highest points of the island, offering a panoramic view of Macau.2008 October 30, Prudence Lui, “A walk on the wild side”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Jan...
  • 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 bedrock geology of Taipa Island is exposed primarily within forested hills of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena.2021 March, J. Gregory Shellnutt, Matthew W. Vaughan, Hao-Yang Lee, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, “Late Jurassic Leucogranites of Macau (SE China): A...

Origin of Taipa Pequena

From Portuguese Taipa Pequena.

Questions about Taipa Pequena

What does Taipa Pequena mean?
Taipa Pequena means a hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
How do you use Taipa Pequena 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 Pequena?
Taipa Pequena is a proper noun.

Words near Taipa Pequena in the dictionary

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

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