English Explanatory Dictionary

Amoy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
  2. The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
  3. The Hokkien language.

Pronunciation

/əˈmɔɪ/ /ɑˈmɔɪ/ /æˈmɔɪ/ /ˈæmɔɪ/ ǔmoiʹ ä-moiʹ

Word forms

Amoy

Etymology

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

Derived words

Amoyan Amoyese
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