[ah-moi, am-oi] 
| 1. | Xiamen. |
| 2. | a Fukienese dialect spoken in and around Xiamen, as well as on Taiwan and Hainan. |
| A·moy 1 (ä-moi') See Xiamen. |
| A·moy 2 (ä-moi', ə-moi') n. The variety of Chinese spoken in and around the city of Xiamen in Fujian province in southeast China. [After Amoy (Xiamen).] |
| Xia·men (shyä'mən) A city of eastern China east-northeast of Guangzhou. One of the earliest seats of European commerce in China, it is a major harbor and a manufacturing center. Population: 697,000. |
Amoy
city and port, southeastern Fujian sheng (province), China. It is situated on the southwestern coast of Xiamen (Amoy) Island in Xiamen Harbour (an inlet of the Taiwan Strait), the estuary of the Jiulong River. Known as the "garden on the sea," it has an excellent harbour sheltered by a number of offshore islands, the most important of which, Quemoy (Pinyin: Jinmen; Wade-Giles: Chin-men), in the mouth of the estuary, has remained a fortress in the hands of the government on Taiwan. The region has a warm and humid subtropical climate, with abundant precipitation falling mainly in the summer months. Pop. (2002 est.) 963,019; (2007 est.) urban agglom., 2,519,000.
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