amoy
5 synonyms for amoy, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Name — An earlier name for Xiamen, a prefecture-level and subprovincial city in Fujian, southeastern China.
Synonyms
Everyday swaps
Common words most readers know — safe in any writing.
Less common
Still standard English, but they carry more weight.
Rare, literary or technical
Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.
Etymology
Comes from the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 /厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou dialect of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Emuy.
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