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Roads In Macau
This is an ''incomplete list'' of roads in Macau. Roads in Macau use Portuguese spelling and are named after historic figures or places in Macau or Portugal. There are 321 kilometres of roads in Macau maintained by the Land, Public Works and Transport Bureau (DSSOPT), Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), and the Transport Bureau (DSAT). Signage Road signs in Macau are in Portuguese and traditional Chinese. They consist of white tiles attached on concrete posts or on walls of buildings. Signage on bridges is white with black lettering (Portuguese and Chinese). Naming In some cases road names are the same in meaning for both Portuguese name and Chinese name. However, there are some cases where Portuguese and Chinese meaning differ, such as Praceta de 24 Junho (Plaza of June 24) which is shown as 城市日前地, which translates as ''City Day Plaza'' instead. Road Types * Estrada – Road * Rua – Street * Pátio – Yard * Avenida – Avenue Macau has 50 km of paved roads (estra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portuguese Language
Portuguese ( or, in full, ) is a western Romance language of the Indo-European language family, originating in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe. It is an official language of Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, while having co-official language status in East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, and Macau. A Portuguese-speaking person or nation is referred to as " Lusophone" (). As the result of expansion during colonial times, a cultural presence of Portuguese speakers is also found around the world. Portuguese is part of the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several dialects of Vulgar Latin in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia and the County of Portugal, and has kept some Celtic phonology in its lexicon. With approximately 250 million native speakers and 24 million L2 (second language) speakers, Portuguese has approximately 274 million total speakers. It is usually listed as the sixth-most spoken language, the third-most sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
