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Xiamen

American  
[shyah-mœn] / ˈʃjɑˈmœn /
(Wade-Giles) Hsiamen

noun

Pinyin.
  1. an island near the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Strait.

  2. a seaport on this island.


Xiamen British  
/ ˈʃjɑːˈmɛn /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Amoy

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A research team led by Wuhong Zhang and Lixiang Chen at Xiamen University has now demonstrated a working solution.

From Science Daily May 18, 2026

Weituo Keli is controlled by Chen Shuixuan, a professor of engineering at Xiamen University of Technology who has been singled out by the local government for his innovative spirit.

From The Wall Street Journal May 6, 2026

Across the narrow strip of water, AFP could see the skyline of the Chinese city of Xiamen, the piers of China's unfinished Xiamen-Kinmen bridge and Xiamen's new international airport, due to open next year.

From Barron's Nov. 11, 2025

"We'd been preparing and planning for this two months in advance," Lyu Yizhe, from Xiamen, told Reuters in Macau.

From BBC Oct. 9, 2025

From some parts of the archipelago, the southern Chinese city of Xiamen is visible to the naked eye.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

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