Amoy

== English == === Etymology === From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 / 厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. Compare Spanish Emuy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈmɔɪ/, /ɑˈmɔɪ/, /æˈmɔɪ/, /ˈæmɔɪ/ enPR: ǔmoiʹ enPR: ä-moiʹ Rhymes: -ɔɪ === Proper noun === Amoy (dated) Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Amoy. The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language. (dated) The Hokkien language. ==== Derived terms ==== Amoyan Amoyese ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Latin: amoyensis → Spanish: Amoy → Tagalog: Amoy ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “Amoy”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “Amoy, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “Amoy”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “Amoy”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “Amoy”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xiamen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎[21], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 3500-3501, column 3: “Also called Amoy; […]” Macgowan, John (1883), English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect (overall work in English and Hokkien), Amoy, China: A. A. Marcal, page 1 Douglas, Carstairs (1873), Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 1; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 1 === Anagrams === Mayo, Moya, mayo, moya == Spanish == === Etymology === From English Amoy, from the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 / 厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmoi/ [aˈmoi̯] Rhymes: -oi Syllabification: A‧moy === Proper noun === Amoy f (historical, dated) alternative form of Emuy Synonym: Xiamen == Tagalog == === Etymology === From English Amoy, from the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 / 厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈʔamoj/ [ˈʔaː.moɪ̯] Rhymes: -amoj Syllabification: A‧moy Homophone: amoy === Proper noun === Amoy (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜓᜌ᜔) (dated) the Hokkien language Synonyms: Fukien, Hokkien wikang Amoy ― Language of Amoy salitang Amoy ― Amoy language word; Language of Amoy former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China ==== See also ==== amoy === Anagrams === Mayo, yamo, maoy