Pescadores

American  

[pes-kuh-dawr-is, -eez, -dohr-] / ˌpɛs kəˈdɔr ɪs, -iz, -ˈdoʊr- /

noun

1. (used with a plural verb) Penghu.

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Pescadores British  

/ ˌpɛskəˈdɔːrɪz /

plural noun

1. Chinese names: Penghu.   P'eng-hu.  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)

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Example Sentences

"I threw myself on the floor, saying that God couldn't do this to my son," she told the BBC from her home in the Los Pescadores neighbourhood of Maracaibo, Venezuela.

From BBC • Mar. 19, 2025

The storm plowed into the eastern province of Fujian on Friday morning after bringing heavy rains and gale-force winds to parts of Taiwan, especially the Penghu island group, also known as the Pescadores.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 28, 2023

The overexploitation of that resource prompted the creation of a national reserve spanning Peru's coastline to protect the guano islands and their birds, which includes Isla Pescadores.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2022

After the second world war, Japan renounced Taiwan and the Pescadores islands in accordance with Article 2 of the San Francisco peace treaty of 1951, but this did not include the Senkaku Islands.

From Economist • Oct. 4, 2012

We then refitted our ship, but our men were so terrified by the last storm, and dreading the approach of full moon, that we resolved to steer for the Pescadores, or Fisher Isles, in lat.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 10 Arranged in systematic order: Forming a complete history of the origin and progress of navigation, discovery, and commerce, by sea and land, from the earliest ages to the present time. by Kerr, Robert