| Found in
| BGN Foreign Names Committee meeting, Jan. 11, 2000 (approved proposal: present entry: Macau--PCLD, 22°10?N 113°33?E; Recommended entry: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Regia?o Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10?N 113°33?E; "the older spelling "Macao" ... as a conventional name was deleted by the Foreign Names Committee on September 2, 1980?)
U.S. Dept. of State WWW homepage, Dec. 21, 1999 Macau consular information sheet (former Portuguese colony became Special Administrative Region of China on Dec. 20, 1999)
Foreign names information bulletin, Jan. 30, 2000 (former name: Macau--PCLD, 22°10?N 113°33?E (MC00); new name: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Regia?o Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10?N 113°33?E (MC00))
GEOnet, Dec. 22, 2008 (Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region--Semi-independent political entity, 22°09?28?N 113°33?35?E, variants: Aomen [Short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu; Macau [Short form], Regia?o Administrativa Especial de; Macao; Macau, Provi?ncia de; Macao, Province of; 澳?特?行政?)
Wikipedia, April 29, 2024: Macau (Macau or Macao; 澳門 = Aomen; Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China; 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 = Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu; Regia?o Administrativa Especial de Macau da Repu?blica Popular da China; special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) Russian version (Макао = Makao, or Аомынь = Aomyn?; Специальный административный район Макао (Аомынь) = Spet?s?ial?nyi? administrativnyi? rai?on Makao (Aomyn?)) Belarusian version (Макаа = Makaa; Спецыяльны адм?н?страцыйны раён Макаа = Spetsyi?a?l?ny administratsyi?ny rai?o?n Makaa) Serbian version (Макао = Makao; Макао специ?ална административна област Народне Републике Кине = Makao specijalna administrativna oblast Narodne Republike Kine) Ukrainian version (Макао = Makao; Спец?альний адм?н?стративний район Аомень = Spet?s?ial?nyi? administratyvnyi? rai?on Aomen?)
|