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語源

From Portuguese pataca (“peso”).

発音

• IPA: /pəˈtɑːkə/
• 韻: -ɑːkə

名詞

pataca (plural patacas)

1. The monetary unit of Macau, equal to 100 avos.
   • 1989 December 6 [1989 October 16], Ta-hung Li, quoting Carlos Melancia, “Exclusive Interview With Governor Carlos Melancia”, in JPRS Report China‎, number 89-115, Joint Publications Research Service, page 88, column 2:

     The second bridge between Macao and Iiha da Taipa, which is estimated to have a construction cost of 400 million patacas, will provide a four-lane traffic flow as well as a direct connection with Chu-hai City.

   • 2023 April 14, Katrina Hamlin, “Macau reinvention is a big roll of the dice”, in Una Galani, Thomas Shum, editors, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 15 April 2023, Breakingviews‎:

     Macau’s gross gaming revenue rose to 34.6 billion pataca ($4.3 billion) in the first quarter, up 95% from a year earlier, according to data released by the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau on April 1. That compares with 76.2 billion pataca in the first quarter of 2019.

2. A monetary unit used during the 16th century and 17th century in Malta in the form of a large coppern coin.
3. A monetary unit of account used in Portuguese Timor intermittently between 1894 and 1958.