Xiamen

(Wade-Giles) Hsia·men
(Wade-Giles)

[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. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Amoy

Example Sentences

As a young girl, she witnessed Chinese forces from Xiamen shelling her island during the 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.

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Decades on, she welcomes day trippers from Xiamen at her shop.

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Much of Kinmen's economy is now geared towards serving Chinese tourists who take ferries across the narrow waterway from Xiamen, the nearest Chinese city.

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The US Treasury said it had sanctioned Xiamen Limbach Aircraft Engine Co - which makes engines that power Russia's Garpiya long-range drones - and Redlepus Vector Industry Shenzhen Co for its involvement in shipment.

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The series began in April with a double-header in China, where Duplantis opened his season in spectacular fashion by breaking the pole vault world record in Xiamen, before Briton Daryll Neita made an exciting start to her season by beating world 100m champion Sha'Carri Richardson to win over 200m in Suzhou.

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