“Macau” is that old Portuguese colony off the coast of China. “Macaw” is a New World parrot. These are two different words which are not pronounced the same.

Also:

Nassau is a county in Long Island, New York, a city in the Bahamas, and lots of other places. NASA is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. These are two different words which are not pronounced the same.

Finally: “Novel” is not a synonym for “book” any more than “Chicken chimichanga” is a synonym for “food.”  You don’t get to casually refer to a book as a “novel” to make yourself sound more sophisticated unless the book is ACTUALLY a novel.

That is all.