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Definition: Amoy

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.[Wordnet].

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Date "Amoy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1671. (references)

Common Expressions: Amoy

Expressions Definition
Amoy Food Limited Amoy Food Limited (淘大, 淘化大同) is a cooking sauce manufacturer in Hong Kong. Its products, which now includes foodstuff such as frozen foods and instant foods for heating with microwave oven, are sold around the world. (references)
Amoy Gardens Amoy Gardens (淘大花園) is a high-density middle-class housing estate in Hong Kong completed from 1980 - 1987. It was the most seriously affected location during the 2003 SARS outbreak, with over 300 infected people. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Amoy

Amoy

Amoy can refer to:

  • something related to or originating from the city of Amoy (Xiamen);
  • Amoy (linguistics), the dialect of Min Nan Chinese
  • Amoy Food, a manufacturer of sauces, and condiments and processed foods
  • Amoy Properties, now Hang Lung Properties, a property developer in Hong Kong

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Amoy". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Amoy

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Amoy 95     Amoy 95
Amoy (linguistics) 64     Amoy (linguistics)/Cheat sheet/simplified 5
Amoy Operation 9     Amoy (linguistics)/Cheat sheet/traditional 5
Amoy Street 8     Amoy (linguistics)/Complement constructions/simplified 6
Amoy Gardens 7     Amoy (linguistics)/Complement constructions/traditional 6
Order of battle for Amoy Operation 6     Amoy (linguistics)/Negative particles/simplified 4
Amoy (linguistics)/Complement constructions/traditional 6     Amoy (linguistics)/Negative particles/traditional 4
Amoy (linguistics)/Complement constructions/simplified 6     Amoy (linguistics) 64
Amoy (linguistics)/Cheat sheet/traditional 5     Amoy Food 5
Amoy (linguistics)/Cheat sheet/simplified 5     Amoy Gardens 7
Amoy Food 5     Amoy Operation 9
Amoy (linguistics)/Negative particles/traditional 4     Amoy Street 8
Amoy (linguistics)/Negative particles/simplified 4     Order of battle for Amoy Operation 6

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonyms: Amoy
Position Synonyms (sorted by strength)

Noun

 Fukien, Min, minute.
Consider also: flash, jiffy, note, memorandum, moment, record, time, trice, wink, act, arcsecond, bit, bite, chip, consequence, endorsement, flake, hour, indorsement, Xiamen.

Other

 Taiwanese.

Expression

 Min dialect.
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Computed Synonyms: Amoy

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   3.0095   Amoy     Xiamen     clan, one's family or clan   
 2   1.1082   Amoy     one's family or clan     clan, Xiamen   
 3   1.0095   Amoy     clan     tribe, family, group, gang, clique   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Translations: Amoy

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Hanguk Mal 아모이 (Amoy, Xiamen). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Amoy. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 아모이 (Amoy, Xiamen). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Amoy. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese 廈門 (Amoy, Xiamen, Xiamen Amoy), 厦門方言 (Amoy), 厦門 (one's family or clan, Amoy, clan, Xiamen), あもい (Xiamen Amoy). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Amoy. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 아모이 (Amoy, Xiamen). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Amoy. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Amoy

Language Translations for “Amoy” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Athagamathagoy (Amoy). Additional references: Athag, Amoy. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Agamagoy (Amoy). Additional references: Double Dutch, Amoy. (volunteer)
Leet /\//.0y (Amoy). Additional references: Leet, Amoy. (volunteer)
Oppish Opamopoy (Amoy). Additional references: Oppish, Amoy. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Amoyway (Amoy). Additional references: Pig Latin, Amoy. (volunteer)
Terran A exmngg (amoy). Additional references: Terran A, Amoy. (volunteer)
Terran B exm (amoy). Additional references: Terran B, Amoy. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Ubamuboy (Amoy). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Amoy. (volunteer)
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