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Amoy
Amoy meaning
Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China. | The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language. | The Hokkien language.
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Example sentences (6)
Following the Manchu advance on Fujian, Koxinga retreated from his stronghold in Amoy ( Xiamen ) and besieged Taiwan in the hope of establishing a strategic base to marshal his troops to retake his base at Amoy.
He is the third prospect to commit from this weekend’s UH-hosted trip, following edge defender Noah Wily of Saint Louis School and linebacker Alika Cavaco-Amoy of Punahou School.
That same bank, Chinese Commercial Bank, opened a bank branch in Xiamen—then known as Amoy—in China’s Fujian province in 1925.
Amoy had hoped to start their married life surrounded by a like-minded community in the southern city.
A copy of Barclay’s Amoy translation, opened to the Proverbs.
Heinz produces oriental foods sold under the Amoy brand, used under license from Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Tokyo, Japan.