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Amoy

//əˈmɔɪ// name

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China. dated

    "Near the Coaſt of the Province of Fokien lie Quemuy and Eymuy : Further off at Sea, oppoſite to them, appear Formoſa and Tayowan ; the firſt by the Chineſes, who now poſſeſs it, call'd Talieukich ; but to the Eaſt, near the Province Chekiang are the Iſles Changque and Chenxan."

  2. 2
    The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
  3. 3
    The Hokkien language. dated
Noun
  1. 1
    any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province wordnet

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 /厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. Compare Spanish Emuy.

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