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

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

The overexploitation of that resource prompted the creation of a national reserve spanning Peru's coastline to protect the guano islands and their birds, which includes Isla Pescadores.

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 Senate has ratified, by overwhelming vote, security treaties with the Republic of China covering Formosa and the Pescadores, and also the Republic of Korea.

From The Communist Threat in the Taiwan Area by Dulles, John Foster