Amoy

Speech parts

1. Amoy - Noun

2. Amoy - Proper noun

Meaning

any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

Taiwanese min Fukien Fukkianese Hokkianese Min dialect Hokkien Hoklo Fujianese Minnan Min Nan Banlam Southern Min Hokchia quanzhang
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Hypernyms

chinese

Anagrams

moya mayo

Examples

Following the Manchu advance on Fujian, Koxinga retreated from his stronghold in Amoy ( Xiamen ) and besieged Taiwan in the hope of establishing a strategic base to marshal his troops to retake his base at Amoy. Source: Internet

Heinz produces oriental foods sold under the Amoy brand, used under license from Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Tokyo, Japan. Source: Internet

Formerly known as Amoy, Xiamen was one of the earliest treaty ports opened to foreigners in 1842 by the signing of the Nanjing Treaty just after the first ‘Opium War’ with Britain. Source: Internet

While Amoy was an exit port, most of the Chinese who migrated outside the region came from the Yueyang and Fujian but Ygua was really a native of Amoy. Source: Internet

A copy of Barclay’s Amoy translation, opened to the Proverbs. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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