"Xiamen" meaning in English

See Xiamen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ʃjɑːˈmɛn/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廈門/厦門/厦门 (Xiàmén). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{lang|zh|厦門}} 厦門, {{lang|zh|廈門}} 廈門, {{bor|en|cmn|廈門//厦門//厦门|tr=Xiàmén}} Mandarin 廈門/厦門/厦门 (Xiàmén) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Xiamen
  1. A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city in Fujian, in southeastern China. Wikipedia link: :zh:周婉窈, Cambridge University Press, Xiamen Categories (place): Cities in Fujian, Places in China, Places in Fujian, Xiamen Synonyms: Hsiamen, Hsia-men (alt: Wade–Giles), Siamen Synonyms (from Hokkien): Amoy Translations (a sub-provincial city in southeastern China): شْيَامِن (šyāmin) [masculine] (Arabic), 廈門 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 厦门 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 廈門 (Chinese Cantonese), 厦门 (haa⁶ mun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 廈門 (Chinese Mandarin), 厦门 (Xiàmén) (Chinese Mandarin), Xiamen (Finnish), Xiamen (French), Amoy [dated, masculine] (French), სიამენი (siameni) (Georgian), 廈門 (Hakka Chinese), 厦门 (Ha-mùn) (Hakka Chinese), Hsziamen (Hungarian), 廈門 (alt: アモイ, Amoi, シャーメン, Shāmen) (Japanese), アモイ (Amoi) (Japanese), 샤먼 (syameon) (Korean), Шјиамен (Šjiamen) [masculine] (Macedonian), Xiamen [feminine] (Portuguese), Сямэ́нь (Sjamɛ́nʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Сямы́нь (Sjamýnʹ) [masculine] (Russian), Xiamen (Spanish), Hạ Môn (Vietnamese)

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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sjamýnʹ",
      "sense": "a sub-provincial city in southeastern China",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Сямы́нь"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a sub-provincial city in southeastern China",
      "word": "Xiamen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "a sub-provincial city in southeastern China",
      "word": "Hạ Môn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Xiamen"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": Ē-mn̂g, Ēe-mûi vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "Xiamen"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "proper noun",
  "title": "Xiamen",
  "trace": ""
}

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