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Xiamen

[ shyah-mœn ]

noun

, Pinyin.
  1. an island near the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Strait.
  2. a seaport on this island.


Xiamen

/ ˈʃjɑːˈmɛn /

noun

  1. See Amoy
    a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Amoy


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