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 • Jul. 25, 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

On the edge of Isla Pescadores, a fishing boat drew alongside the Sernanp vessel in the afternoon.

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