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Amoy in Japanese

Amoy in Japanese is アモイ語 — Amoy means an earlier name for Xiamen, a prefecture-level and subprovincial city in Fujian, southeastern China.

Amoy in Japanese

アモイ語
proper noun
(dated) Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.

What does "Amoy" mean?

  1. name An earlier name for Xiamen, a prefecture-level and subprovincial city in Fujian, southeastern China.
    "Back in China, the American vice-consul in Amoy was one Le Gendre, married to Clara. His responsibilities lay in Amoy plus four other locations on Formosa (Taiwan) — Tamsui, Anping, Keelung and Takao."
  2. name The name of the Hokkien dialect known as Amoy.
  3. name The name for the Hokkien language.
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Amoy in a sentence

  • Back in China, the American vice-consul in Amoy was one Le Gendre, married to Clara. His responsibilities lay in Amoy plus four other locations on Formosa (Taiwan) — Tamsui, Anping, Keelung and Takao.
  • Files from the US consulate in Xiamen (Amoy) held by the US National Archives as microform material and digitized by TBMC include the consulate’s official dispatches to the US Department of State from 1844 to 1906.

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What is "Amoy" in Japanese?
"Amoy" in Japanese is アモイ語. Amoy means: An earlier name for Xiamen, a prefecture-level and subprovincial city in Fujian, southeastern China.
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