Pescadores

[ pes-kuh-dawr-is, -eez, -dohr- ]

/ ˌpɛs kəˈdɔr ɪs, -iz, -ˈdoʊr- /

noun

(used with a plural verb) Penghu.

Also called Pescadores Islands.

Example sentences from the Web for pescadores

For thirty-eight years this island had been dominated by the Dutch, whose fortresses commanded the channel of the Pescadores.

A History of the Philippines |David P. Barrows
Como estamos Capitan, que hay de nuevo; hay algo de bueno, para los pobres Pescadores?

Tom Cringle's Log |Michael Scott
The more so, as the Pescadores islands, half-way between, are within sight of the mainland.

The Natural History of the Varieties of Man |Robert Gordon Latham
As the pescadores slowly scull their boats down the river, they sing strange Andalusian melodies, with a kind of ydel.

The Story of Seville |Walter M. Gallichan

I have, however, left them the name of Pescadores, because the two observations nearly correspond.

A New Voyage Round the World, in the years 1823, 24, 25, and 26, Vol. 2 |Otto von Kotzebue

British Dictionary definitions for pescadores

Pescadores

/ (ˌpɛskəˈdɔːrɪz) /

pl n

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) Chinese names: Penghu, P'eng-hu

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