Amoy (linguistics)
WordNet

noun


(1)   Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
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Etymology

  • Based on the Zhangzhou accent of the Amoy dialect: Ē-mûi ([e˨˩mui˧˥])

Proper noun


  1. a city, now officially known as Xiamen, in southern China
  2. the Jiulong Jiang river
  3. The Amoy language/dialect
 
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