Hoklo
Speech parts
1. Hoklo - Noun
2. Hoklo - Proper noun
Meaning
(chiefly Taiwan) A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
(obsolete) A member of a Min Nan-speaking Chinese people who inhabit or originate from eastern Guangdong; (loosely) Teochew.
Taiwanese, the variety of Min Nan spoken in Taiwan and the native language of the Hoklo.
(Hong Kong) A dialect of Min Nan Chinese originating from the Hailufeng region.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgSynonyms
Examples
As with the official-language controversy, objections to the use of Taiwanese came not only from Mainlander groups, but also Hoklo, Hakka and aborigines.
Plains aboriginals who were mixed and assimilated into the Hoklo Han population at different stages were differentiated by the historian Melissa J. Brown between "short-route" and "long-route".
There are many families of mixed Hakka, Hoklo, and Aboriginal bloodlines.
One of its main rival gangs is the Sun Yee On, which was founded by Chiu Chow and Hoklo immigrants from northeastern Guangdong who speak a Fujianese dialect.
The Hoklo people are the largest Han subgroup (70% of the total population), whose ancestors migrated from the coastal southern Fujian region across the Taiwan Strait starting in the 17th century.
Taiwanese Hoklo Han settlers and Japanese were often the victims of headhunting raids as they were considered by the aborigines to be liars and enemies.