Coloane

Colôane English thumb|Map including Coloane (Lu Wan) zh 路環 (Army Map Service AMS, 1954) Alternative forms en Colôane Colowan Etymology en pt Coloane, from en yue 過路環 gwo3 lou6 waan4, a Qing-era name of the sea off the southwest coast of Coloane. Pronunciation en /koˈloː.ɐn/ ko͝olō′ənēColoane Island 431 2 en Proper noun en Q1022920 en island in southern sar/Macau now joined to Taipa by reclaimed land in Cotai. en 1899 Portugal Appletons' Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year 1898 Third Series https://archive.org/details/appletonsannualc0003unse_d4d2/ III (XXXVIII) New York w:D. Appleton and Company 649 https://archive.org/details/appletonsannualc0003unse_d4d2/page/649/ 2 Macao, at the mouth of the Canton river, contained, with the dependent islands of Taipa and Coloane, 74,568 Chinese, 3,106 native Portuguese, 615 Portuguese from the Continent and 177 from the islands, and 161 foreigners. en 1910 Francis J. Bacchus Macao w:The Catholic Encyclopedia https://archive.org/details/catholicencyclop0009char/ IX New York w:Robert Appleton Company 482 https://archive.org/details/catholicencyclop0009char/page/482/ 1 The Catholic being the state religion of Portugal, the prisons and the five government hospitals at Macao and in Portuguese Timor are all open to the ministrations of Catholic priests and sisters; three of these hospitals have chaplains of their own. The government also maintains on the islands of Coloane and Dom João, near Macao, two leperhouses, which are frequently visited by missionaries and sisters. en 1953 May George W. Long Macau, a Hole in the Bamboo Curtain https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1941/edg%20NG%201953-05%20103-5%20May/ w:National Geographic Magazine CIII 5 0027-9358 643483454 679 https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1941/edg%20NG%201953-05%20103-5%20May/page/n115/ 1 Including two small islands—Taipa and Coloane—the whole colony totals only six square miles, but it supports some 300,000 people. About 99 percent are Chinese, many of them refugees. en September 3, 1960 3 Die Fleeing Reds w:The Lincoln Star https://archive.org/details/lincoln-star-1956-10-10/ Lincoln, Nebraska 58 290 1084-5283 33075139 5 https://archive.org/details/lincoln-star-1960-09-03/page/n4/ 7 Macao (UPI) — Three Chinese children were drowned when a sampan with 12 Chinese aboard sank while fleeing Communist China, it was learned. The 9 adults swam to safety on Coloane island off this Portuguese enclave. en January 12, 1986 w:Rudy Maxa Magical Macau, Gateway to China w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20250124212056/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1986/01/12/magical-macau-gateway-to-china/0dee9756-c5ab-4a5b-b9b0-8d69cfc79951/ 24 January 2025 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/travel/1986/01/12/magical-macau-gateway-to-china/0dee9756-c5ab-4a5b-b9b0-8d69cfc79951/ 0190-8286 2269358 To the south of the main part of Macau, a bridge spanning a mile and a half of water leads to the island of Taipa, and a causeway connects Taipa to the other island, Coloane. en July 8, 2005 Alex Frew McMillan In Macao, developers look to property as a sure bet w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20230916142158/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/realestate/in-macao-developers-look-to-property-as-a-sure-bet.html 16 September 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/08/realestate/in-macao-developers-look-to-property-as-a-sure-bet.html 0362-4331 1645522 Real Estate Coloane, the southernmost of Macao's two islands, which is connected to the Macao peninsula by bridges and a causeway. en FEBRUARY 8, 2015 Farah Master In Macau, casino titans join China reform wagon https://web.archive.org/web/20230916171108/https://www.reuters.com/article/macau-casinos-idINL4N0VG0BU20150208 16 September 2023 https://www.reuters.com/article/macau-casinos-idINL4N0VG0BU20150208 w:Reuters CYCLICAL CONSUMER GOODS Over the next three years, the operators, including Melco Crown, SJM Holdings Ltd, Galaxy Entertainment Group and MGM China Holdings, will open new resorts on the Cotai strip, a reclaimed stretch of land between the bustling main peninsula of Macau and Coloane island, which is modelled on the Las Vegas strip. en 2017 May w:Emily Matchar; Piera Chen Macau Hong Kong https://archive.org/details/hongkong0000matc/ w:Lonely Planet 17th Lonely Planet Global Limited 978-1-78657-442-8 988971273 192 https://archive.org/details/hongkong0000matc/page/192/ A similar physical joining has happened to Taipa and Coloane because of land reclamation from the sea. The new strip of land joining the two islands is known as Cotai (from Coloane and Taipa). en 21 November 2021 On Chinese islands next to Macau, great stories of pirates, typhoons and war played out https://web.archive.org/web/20260309012552/https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3156715/chinese-islands-next-macau-great-stories-pirates 9 March 2026 https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3156715/chinese-islands-next-macau-great-stories-pirates w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 It’s hard to imagine now, but there were once three mountainous, verdant islands between Macau and mainland China. The Portuguese named them Dom João, Montanha and Lapa. Later the islands became known in Chinese as Xiao (Little) Hengqin, Da (Big) Hengqin and Wanzai, respectively.The two Hengqins, which faced Coloane and Taipa, were eventually joined by land reclamation to form a single island while Wanzai, a mere few hundred metres from Macau’s Inner Harbour (Porto Interior), saw its inclines levelled enough to become a peninsula. en Derived terms en Cotai Translations island Chinese: Cantonese: yue 路環 Mandarin: cmn 路環 Portuguese: pt Coloane n References Further reading Coloane Portuguese pt: Etymology pt Pronunciation pt Co lo a ne Proper noun n pt Coloane Q1022920 Descendants en Coloane 1