ALL meanings of amoy
A·moy
A a - noun amoy a port in SE China, in Fujian province on Amoy Island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River opposite Taiwan: one of the first treaty ports opened to European trade (1842). Pop: 746 000 (2005 est) 3
- noun amoy the dialect of Chinese spoken in Amoy, Taiwan, and elsewhere: a Min dialect 3
- noun amoy Xiamen (sense 2) 3
- noun amoy Xiamen. 1
- noun amoy a Fukienese dialect spoken in and around Xiamen, as well as on Taiwan and Hainan. 1