Pescadores

[ pes-kuh-dawr-is, -eez, -dohr- ]

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) Penghu.

Pescadores

/ ˌpɛskəˈdɔːrɪz /

plural noun

1. a group of 64 islands in Formosa Strait, separated from Taiwan (to which it belongs) by the Pescadores Channel. Pop: 91 950 (2007 est). Area: 127 sq km (49 sq miles) Chinese namesPenghuP'eng-hu

Example Sentences

She is proceeding to fortify the Bonin Islands and the Pescadores.

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As the pescadores slowly scull their boats down the river, they sing strange Andalusian melodies, with a kind of ydel.

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For thirty-eight years this island had been dominated by the Dutch, whose fortresses commanded the channel of the Pescadores.

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The more so, as the Pescadores islands, half-way between, are within sight of the mainland.

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Como estamos Capitan, que hay de nuevo; hay algo de bueno, para los pobres Pescadores?

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