[Proposal] macao → Aomen

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This is a proposal to retire the word macao in favor of Aomen.

Portuguese exonym for the SAR.

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Macao/Macau was a Portuguese lease. The lease expired in 1999. The name should follow.

Aomen is the city’s actual name. “Macao” is a colonial-era brand that outlived colonialism. Time to let it go.

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