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

But the four deportees who spoke to BBC News Mundo in Los Pescadores have denied any links with the Tren de Aragua.

From BBC

Mr Hernández Herrera, at 23 the youngest of the four detainees from Los Pescadores, was welcomed home by his mother, Yarelis.

From BBC

But as we stand on the Trilho dos Pescadores watching the German detectives searching through ruined buildings and old wells for Madeleine's body or anything that might give some clues to her disappearance, it all feels like it is eighteen years too late.

From BBC

"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

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