Xiamen

//ʃjɑːˈmɛn// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.

    "The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- had gathered in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen hoping to counter accusations that the group of big emerging economies was drifting apart and becoming irrelevant."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廈門 /厦門 /厦门 (Xiàmén).

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