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Pescadores

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

noun

  1. (used with a plural verb) Penghu.


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"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

For as long as anyone can remember, the pools just used to serve as a playground for the kids who lived in the nearby slum, Barrio Pescadores.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2022

A general view of Lima from Pescadores beach in the Chorrillos district of Lima, October 27, 2015.

From Reuters • Sep. 8, 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

The war gave to Japan Formosa and the Pescadores Islands, and added her to the list of imperialist powers.

From The Expansion of Europe The Culmination of Modern History by Muir, Ramsay

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