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Amoy

[ah-moi, am-oi]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Xiamen.
a Fukienese dialect spoken in and around Xiamen, as well as on Taiwan and Hainan.

Amoy

/ əˈ��ɔɪ /

Modern Chinese name: Xiamen.��a port in SE China, in Fujian province on Amoy Island , at the mouth of the Jiulong River opposite Taiwan: one of the first treaty ports opened to European trade (1842). Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
the dialect of Chinese spoken in Amoy, Taiwan, and elsewhere: a Min dialect

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