Pataca

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Macau's currency, the Pataca, is closely tied to the Hong Kong dollar, which is also freely accepted in the territory.

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Macau's currency, the Pataca, is closely tied to the Hong Kong dollar, which is also freely accepted in the territory.

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Europeanised "Patacco" (see Lane, Appendix ii.) and "Pataca," which Littré confounds with the "Patard" and of which he ignores the origin.

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
Pataca (Macau) stems from a 17th-century Spanish and Portuguese coin, the patacoon.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XI No 4 1989
MONTPELLIER SUBSTITUTION: Rui Jorge Pataca for Jerome Lafourcade in the 74th minute

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MONTPELLIER SUBSTITUTION: Jerome Lafourcade for Rui Jorge Pataca in the 81st minute

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MONTPELLIER GOAL: Rui Jorge Pataca in the 66th minute

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MONTPELLIER GOAL: Rui Jorge Pataca in the 2nd minute

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MONTPELLIER BOOKING: Rui Jorge Pataca for Unsporting Behaviour in the 57th minute

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MONTPELLIER SUBSTITUTION: Habib Bamogo for Rui Jorge Pataca in the 68th minute

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