Amoy
- (dated) Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
- The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
- (dated) The Hokkien language.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈmɔɪ/
Etymology
From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 /厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. Compare Spanish Emuy.
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