Taipa Pequena

English

Etymology

From Portuguese Taipa Pequena.

Proper noun

Taipa Pequena

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.

   • 2008 October 30, Prudence Lui, “A walk on the wild side”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 January 2024‎^[4]:

     On Taipa Island, there are two trails, the 2.2km Taipa Grande and 2.3km Taipa Pequena which take hikers to the two highest points of the island, offering a panoramic view of Macau. The Taipa Grande trail takes about 2? hours and can be reached through a short paved road off the Estrada Colonel Nicolau de Mesquita, near the United Chinese Cemetery. Adjacent to the trail on the east side of Taipa Grande, near the airport, is the Taipa Grande Nature Park. The Taipa Pequena trail can be accessed from the Estrada Lou Lim Ieoc, behind the Regency Hotel, and takes about two hours.

   • 2010 April 27, Jeff Vandam, “House Hunting in ... China”, in The New York Times‎^[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 April 2010, International Real Estate‎^[6]:

     This 6,000-square-foot apartment, on the top floor of a hillside building in the Macao region of China, has an indoor pool and a rooftop terrace with views of the city’s skyline and its many high-rise casinos. […]
     The kitchen has stainless steel counters and cabinetry, a breakfast bar and windows with views of Taipa Pequena, an undeveloped hill nearby with nature trails.

   • 2013 [2009], Rogério Miguel Puga, “Notes”, in Monica Andrade, transl., The British Presence in Macau, 1635-1793‎^[7], 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.

   • 2019 September 18, “Memory Lane”, in Macau Daily News‎^[8], archived from the original on 27 September 2019‎^[9]:

     Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge is a dual-lane two-way bridge connecting the Macau Peninsula around Ferreira do Amaral Square to the island of Taipa at the northern slope of Taipa Pequena (Small Taipa Hill). […]
     Its full shape resembles the one of a dragon, where Casino Lisboa represents the dragon’s head and Taipa Monument on Taipa Pequena represents the dragon’s tail.

   • 2021 March, J. Gregory Shellnutt, Matthew W. Vaughan, Hao-Yang Lee, Yoshiyuki Iizuka, “Late Jurassic Leucogranites of Macau (SE China): A Record of Crustal Recycling During the Early Yanshanian Orogeny”, in J. Gregory Shellnutt, Steven W. Denyszyn, Kwan-Nang Pang, editors, Granite Petrogenesis and Geodynamics‎^[10], →DOI, →ISBN, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 95, column 1:

     The bedrock geology of Taipa Island is exposed primarily within forested hills of Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena.

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Translations

hill/former islet

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 小潭山

  Mandarin: 小潭山

Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pɐ peˈkẽ.nɐ/ [ˈtaɪ̯.pɐ peˈkẽ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pɐ peˈkẽ.nɐ/ [ˈtaɪ̯.pɐ peˈkẽ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pa peˈke.na/ [ˈtaɪ̯.pa peˈke.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtaj.pɐ pɨˈke.nɐ/

• Hyphenation: Tai‧pa Pe‧que‧na

Proper noun

Taipa Pequena f

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

Descendants

• → English: Taipa Pequena