coloane
/koˈloː.ɐn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.07 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, contained, with the dependent islands of Taipa and Coloane, 74,568 Chinese, 3,106 native Portuguese, 615 Portuguese from the Continent and 177 from the islands, and 161 foreigners."
- "The Catholic being the state religion of Portugal, the prisons and the five government hospitals at Macao and in Portuguese Timor are all open to the ministrations of Catholic priests and sisters; three of these hospitals have chaplains of their own. The government also maintains on the islands of Coloane and Dom João, near Macao, two leperhouses, which are frequently visited by missionaries and sisters."
- "Including two small islands—Taipa and Coloane—the whole colony totals only six square miles, but it supports some 300,000 people. About 99 percent are Chinese, many of them refugees."
- "Macao (UPI) — Three Chinese children were drowned when a sampan with 12 Chinese aboard sank while fleeing Communist China, it was learned. The 9 adults swam to safety on Coloane island off this Portuguese enclave."
- "To the south of the main part of Macau, a bridge spanning a mile and a half of water leads to the island of Taipa, and a causeway connects Taipa to the other island, Coloane."
- "Coloane, the southernmost of Macao's two islands, which is connected to the Macao peninsula by bridges and a causeway."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 過路環