Mackay

American

[muh-kahy] / məˈkaɪ /

noun

a seaport in E Australia.

Mackay British

/ məˈkaɪ /

noun

a port in E Australia, in Queensland: artificial harbour. Pop: 57 649 (2001)

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Please note that all stats in Tests are inclusive of the recent Australia v Bangladesh Test in Mackay, but do not include stats from the ongoing Sri Lanka v India Test in Colombo.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Lam was taken to Mackay Memorial Hospital in Taipei on Tuesday and later fell into a coma, reported the South China Morning Post citing local media.

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

The normally flint-faced STV reporter Colin Mackay caught the mood when he summed up another exhausting day of revelations on the nightly news broadcast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026

Shrewdly, Mackay wrote, the stock operator in that case pocketed the cash and fled the country the next day.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

We could not hear what Captain Mackay read of him; the damp wind interfered with the oration.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson

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