"Southern Min" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Partial calque of Chinese 閩南/闽南 (mǐnnán). Etymology templates: {{pclq|en|zh|閩南}} Partial calque of Chinese 閩南/闽南 (mǐnnán) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Southern Min}} Southern Min
  1. A group of local languages of Min Chinese, which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China. Categories (topical): Chinese Related terms: Hokkien, Taiwanese
    Sense id: en-Southern_Min-en-name-z6LQTQE1 Disambiguation of Chinese: 58 42
  2. (loosely) Hokkien, including Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien and other varieties in Southeast Asia. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Languages Synonyms (from Mandarin): Min Nan Translations (the language): 閩南語 [Hokkien, Xiamen] (Chinese), 闽南语 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 閩南語 [Hokkien, Zhangzhou] (Chinese), 閩南語 (Chinese Cantonese), 闽南语 (man⁵ naam⁴ jyu⁵) (Chinese Cantonese), 閩南話 (Chinese Cantonese), 闽南话 (alt: man⁵ naam⁴ waa⁶⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 閩南語 (Chinese Mandarin), 闽南语 (mǐnnányǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 閩南話 (Chinese Mandarin), 闽南话 (Mǐnnánhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), minnanne (Farefare), Minnan [masculine] (French), Min Nan [neuter] (German), Minnan [neuter] (German), 學老話 (Hakka Chinese), 学老话 (Ho̍k-ló-fa) (Hakka Chinese), 閩南話 (Hakka Chinese), 闽南话 (Mén-nàm-fa) (Hakka Chinese), bahasa Hokkien (Indonesian), ミン南語 (minnango) (alt: ミンなんご) (Japanese), 閩南語 (binnango, minnango) (Japanese), មិងណាន (ming nan) (Khmer), ត្បូងមិន (tboungmɨn) (Khmer), 민남어 (minnameo) (Korean), Minnan [neuter] (Limburgish), minnan [masculine] (Portuguese), миньна́нь (minʹnánʹ) [masculine] (Russian), южноми́ньский (južnomínʹskij) [masculine] (Russian), Soothren Min (Scots), min nan [masculine] (Spanish), min nan (Swedish), minnan (Swedish), sydlig min (Swedish), หมิ่นใต้ (Thai), tiếng Mân Nam (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Southern_Min-en-name-io1XcoQG Disambiguation of Languages: 40 60 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 78 Disambiguation of 'from Mandarin': 32 68 Disambiguation of 'the language': 25 75

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      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "the language",
      "word": "หมิ่นใต้"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the language",
      "word": "tiếng Mân Nam"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Southern Min",
    "nan:Bân-lâm-gú"
  ],
  "word": "Southern Min"
}

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