Amoy

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Amoy

/əˈmɔɪ/
/ɑˈmɔɪ/
/æˈmɔɪ/
/ˈæmɔɪ/

Rhymes with -ɔɪ

Where it comes from

From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 /厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. Compare Spanish Emuy.

proper noun

dated Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China. Near the Coaſt of the Province of Fokien lie Quemuy and Eymuy : Further off at Sea, oppoſite to them, appear Formoſa and Tayowan ; the firſt by the Chineſes, who now poſſeſs it, call'd Talieukich ; but to the Eaſt, near the Province Chekiang are the Iſles Changque and Chenxan.
The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
dated The Hokkien language.

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한국어	샤먼어 Syameon-eo
日本語	アモイ語 Amoi-go
中文	廈門話 /厦门话 xiàmén huà

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@misc{amoy_2026,
  title = {Amoy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/amoy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}