Where does “macao” come from?

macao (Italian) comes from Portuguese Macau, from Chinese 阿媽港.

macao (Italian): macaw

Definitions

  1. macaw

Ancestry of “macao”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PortugueseMacaumacaw
2Chinese阿媽港—
Every word from Chinese 阿媽港 →Every word from Portuguese Macau →