Taipa Grande

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Taipa Grande.

Proper noun

Taipa Grande

1. A hill in Taipa, Macau, formerly an islet.
   • 1983, World Dredging & Marine Construction‎^[1], volume 19, Symcon Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 8, column 2:

     From a study of the available information, it was deduced that until approximately 1920, virtually the whole of the site was beneath the sea between the then separate islands of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena. In 1920 a causeway was built linking Taipa Grande to Taipa Pequena and this now forms the northern boundary of the site.

   • 2001, Richard Louis Edmonds, William John Kyle, “Land Use in Macau: Changes between 1972 and 1994”, in Arthur H. Chen, editor, Culture of Metropolis in Macau: An International Symposium on Cultural Heritage: Strategies for the Twenty-first Century‎^[2], Cultural Affairs Bureau [文化局], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 255, column 2:

     Major reclaimed areas include the Ilha Verde area, Areia Preta, lao Hon, Hipódromo, the early twentieth century reclamation of the Porto Exterior, subsequent reclamation projects of the Porto Exterior (Zona de Aterros do Porto Exterior or ZAPE and the Novos Aterros do Porto Exterior or NAPE), and the enclosure of the Praia Grande project on the peninsula, the natural reclamation between the former islets of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena (Baixa da Taipa) which have now formed Taipa, the more recent reclamation just to the west of Ponta da Cabrita in north-east Taipa, and the even more recent airport reclamation to the east of Taipa.

   • 2013 [2009], Rogério Miguel Puga, “Notes”, in Monica Andrade, transl., The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793‎^[3], Hong Kong University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:

     Taipa Quebrada was an anchorage in Taipa island that at the time was formed by two small islands, Taipa Grande (or Taipa Quebrada), and Taipa Pequena, initially separated by a narrow channel.

   • 2015 January, Piera Chen, Emily Matchar, “Macau”, in Hong Kong (Lonely Planet)‎^[4], 16th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 247, column 2:

     The 2.2km-long Taipo Trail (Trilho de Taipa Grande) rings Taipa Grande, a 160m-high hill at the eastern end of the island.

   • 2021 June 14, Anthony Lam, “Suspect linked to body parts found in Taipa Grande apprehended in Zhongshan”, in Macau Daily News‎^[5], archived from the original on 14 June 2021, Crime‎^[6]:

     A man was apprehended by the mainland police early yesterday morning in Zhongshan on suspected link with human body parts found in Taipa Grande on Saturday.
     The suspect will be heard in court in mainland China.
     Around noon on Saturday, the police and the Fire Service Bureau received reports of human body parts found along the trail in Taipa Grande near the CEM warehouse.

   • 2022 June 8, “Macau sees multiple floods as red rain signal takes effect”, in The Standard‎^[7], archived from the original on 08 June 2022, Local‎^[8]:

     As of 4pm, the Avenida Dos Jogos Da Asia Oriental in Taipa recorded 236mm of total precipitation and Taipa Grande saw 213.4mm.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Taipa Grande.

Translations

hill/former islet

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大潭山

  Mandarin: 大潭山

Further reading

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Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/ [ˈtaɪ̯.pɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi/ [ˈtaɪ̯.pɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.d͡ʒi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pa ˈɡɾɐ̃.de/ [ˈtaɪ̯.pa ˈɡɾɐ̃.de]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pɐ ˈɡɾɐ̃.dɨ/ [ˈtaj.pɐ ˈɣɾɐ̃.dɨ]

• Hyphenation: Tai‧pa Gran‧de

Proper noun

Taipa Grande f

1. Taipa Grande (a hill in Macau, formerly an islet)

Descendants

• → English: Taipa Grande