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Amis

/əˈmiː//əˈmiːs/

Amis proper noun: a surname from Old French.

Proper noun (1)

Amis

  1. A surname from Old French.

Noun (1)

Amis pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Amis people, an ethnic group in Taiwan
    • A member of Taiwan's indigenous Amis tribe, Kuo showed sporting talent at an early age, training in judo, basketball and athletics in her native Taitung county.2021 July 6, “'Goddess of weightlifting' Kuo carries Taiwan's Olympic hopes”, in France 24, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2021

Proper noun (2)

Amis

  1. The language of these people.

Noun (2) capitalized: AMIs

AMIs

  1. (plural) plural of AMI

Origin of Amis

From Old French Amis, a given name and nickname, from Latin amīcus (“friend”).

Borrowed from Amis amis (“north”), ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *qamiS (“north wind”). Compare Sakizaya amis (“north”).

Phrases with Amis

Questions about Amis

What does Amis mean?
Amis means a surname from Old French.
What part of speech is Amis?
Amis can be a proper noun or a noun.
How do you pronounce Amis?
Amis is pronounced /əˈmiː/.

Words near Amis in the dictionary

  1. amirspasalar
  2. amirspasalari
  3. amirspasalaris
  4. amirspasalars
  5. Amirul
  6. Amis
  7. Amisfield
  8. Amish
  9. Amish bus driver rule
  10. Amish friendship bread
  11. Amishman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Amis (page history and authors); AMIs (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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