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- Portuguese · borrowed fromtaipa
- English todayTaipa
From Portuguese taipa, understood as a reference to mudflats.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taipa
Today it means: An island of Macau, linked to Coloane via Cotai and itself made up of two former islets, Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena. Full definition →
Portuguese taipa