Amoy

Definition: Amoy

Amoy

Noun

1. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Amoy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1892. (references)

Synonyms: Amoy

References

• Amoy Properties Limited: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• AMOY PROPERTIES LTD.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (Financial Performance Series) (reference)

• English and Chinese Dictionary of the Amoy Dialect (Chinese&Eng) (reference)

• Spoken Amoy Hokkien (2 Volume Set) (reference)

• Trade and Society, the Amoy Network on the China Coast, 1683-1735 (reference)

  (more book examples)

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

Anchored off Amoy, China, 21 October 1938. Photographed from USS Pillsbury (DD-227). The battleship Ise is in the distance, beyond Kirishima's bow.Credit: NAVY.

Off Amoy, China, on 21 October 1938. Photographed from USS Pillsbury (DD-227). Note: Crew on deck; Flared funnel tops; Kawanishi E17K and Nakajima E8N floatplanes on the aircraft deck.Credit: NAVY.

Photographed off Amoy, China, 21 October 1938.Credit: NAVY.

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

Japanese Kanji 

廈門 (Xiamen). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あもい (Xiamen). (various references)

Pig Latin

amoyay

Derivations

Words ending with "Amoy": shamoy. (additional references)

Words containing "Amoy": samoyed, samoyeds, shamoyed, shamoying, shamoys. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Amoy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amay, Amoo, Amouyel, Ampy, Apoyo, Galmoy. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: mayo.

-1 letter: may, moa, yam, yom.

-2 letters: am, ay, ma, mo, my, om, oy, ya, yo.

+1 letter: anomy, atomy, foamy, loamy, mayor, mayos, moray, myoma.

+2 letters: anonym, armory, bayamo, daimyo, dynamo, haymow, mayors, maypop, morays, myomas, myopia, myxoma, oogamy, shamoy, yeoman, zygoma.

+3 letters: acronym, alimony, allonym, almonry, amatory, amboyna, amyloid, amylose, anatomy, anomaly, anonyms, antonym, anymore, apogamy, armoury, atemoya, bayamos, bogyman, cocoyam, company, daimyos, dayroom, dynamos, exogamy, foamily, goombay, harmony, haymows, isogamy, maggoty, majorly, marrowy, masonry, mayoral, maypole, maypops, meadowy, modally, morally, morassy, mortary, movably, myeloma, myomata, myopias, myxomas, oxymora, paronym, polyoma, samoyed, shamoys, someday, someway, tympano, womanly, zygomas, zymosan.

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