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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)

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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

Miguel Ramirez, a fisherman working for Sernanp and making daily trips to Isla Pescadores, said they are finding more dead birds every day.

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

The man looked at me hard and asked if there was any connection between that journal and the one published at number 27 Calle de Pescadores.

From The Hippodrome by Hayward, Rachel