# Macau

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /məˈkaʊ/ · frequency rank #20,159

## Definitions
1. A city, special administrative region, and peninsula in China, west of Hong Kong.
2. a former Portuguese colony in modern southern China between 1557 and 1999.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese Macau, from Hokkien. See Portuguese Macau for more info.

## Easily confused with
- **Mau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mau)
- **MCU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mcu)
- **mama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mama)
- **Maya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-maya)
- **Mack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mack)
- **mata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mata)
- **mara** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mara)
- **manu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-manu)
- **mace** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mace)
- **maga** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-maga)
- **mana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mana)
- **Mach** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mach)
- **macs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-macs)
- **Macy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-macy)
- **mica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mica)
- **Maia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-maia)
- **maha** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-maha)
- **maru** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-maru)
- **mala** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-mala)
- **masa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macau-vs-masa)

## Common misspellings (6)
`amcau`, `maacu`, `maccau`, `macua`, `mcaau`, `mmacau`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/macau