The Library of Congress > Linked Data Service > LC Name Authority File (LCNAF)

Macau (China : Special Administrative Region)

Макао специјална административна област Народне Републике Кине (China)

澳门 (China : Special Administrative Region)


  • URI(s)

  • Codes

    • a-cc-mh

  • Variants

    • Aomen (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Macao (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Macau Special Administrative Region (China)
    • Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (China)
    • Região Administrativa Especial de Macau (China)
    • 澳门特别行政区 (China)
    • 澳门 (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區 (China)
    • Zhonghua Renmin Gongheguo Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (China)
    • Макао (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Makao (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Аомынь (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Aomynʹ (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Специальный административный район Макао (China)
    • Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administrativnyĭ raĭon Makao (China)
    • Макаа (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Makaa (China : Special Administrative Region)
    • Спецыяльны адміністрацыйны раён Макаа (China)
    • Spetsyi︠a︡lʹny administratsyĭny rai︠o︡n Makaa (China)
    • Макао специјална административна област Народне Републике Кине (China)
    • Makao specijalna administrativna oblast Narodne Republike Kine (China)
    • Макао специјална административна област (China)
    • Makao specijalna administrativna oblast (China)
    • Спеціальний адміністративний район Аомень (China)
    • Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administratyvnyĭ raĭon Aomenʹ (China)

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Descriptor

        Special administrative region

    • Associated Locale

        China

          • Has Demonym

          • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

          • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

          • Earlier Established Forms

          • Sources

            • found: BGN Foreign Names Committee meeting, Jan. 11, 2000(approved proposal: present entry: Macau--PCLD, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE; Recommended entry: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Região Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE; "the older spelling "Macao" ... as a conventional name was deleted by the Foreign Names Committee on September 2, 1980ʺ)
            • found: U.S. Dept. of State WWW homepage, Dec. 21, 1999Macau consular information sheet (former Portuguese colony became Special Administrative Region of China on Dec. 20, 1999)
            • found: Foreign names information bulletin, Jan. 30, 2000(former name: Macau--PCLD, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE (MC00); new name: Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region [conventional], Aomen [short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu [Chinese], Região Administrativa Especial de Macau [Macau, short form] (Portuguese)--PCLS, 22°10ʹN 113°33ʹE (MC00))
            • found: GEOnet, Dec. 22, 2008(Macau [Short form] Special Administrative Region--Semi-independent political entity, 22°09ʹ28ʺN 113°33ʹ35ʺE, variants: Aomen [Short form] Tebie Xingzhengqu; Macau [Short form], Região Administrativa Especial de; Macao; Macau, Província de; Macao, Province of; 澳门特别行政区)
            • found: 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; Região Administrativa Especial de Macau da República Popular da China; special administrative region of the People's Republic of China) Russian version (Макао = Makao, or Аомынь = Aomynʹ; Специальный административный район Макао (Аомынь) = Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administrativnyĭ raĭon Makao (Aomynʹ)) Belarusian version (Макаа = Makaa; Спецыяльны адміністрацыйны раён Макаа = Spetsyi︠a︡lʹny administratsyĭny rai︠o︡n Makaa) Serbian version (Макао = Makao; Макао специјална административна област Народне Републике Кине = Makao specijalna administrativna oblast Narodne Republike Kine) Ukrainian version (Макао = Makao; Спеціальний адміністративний район Аомень = Spet︠s︡ialʹnyĭ administratyvnyĭ raĭon Aomenʹ)

          • Editorial Notes

            • [Non-Latin script references not evaluated.]

          • Instance Of

          • Scheme Membership(s)

          • Collection Membership(s)

          • Change Notes

            • 2000-01-14: new
            • 2024-04-30: revised

          • Alternate Formats