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Hami melon

Hami melon noun: a variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City.

hami melon: a variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City
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Noun

Hami melon (plural Hami melons)

  1. A variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City.
    • Sheng had given me many Hami melons, and once again a cavalry of several hundred horsemen arrived for my departure, making for a spectacular send-off.1994, Lifu Chen, Hsu-Hsin Chang, Ramon Hawley Myers, editors, The Storm Clouds Clear Over China: The Memoir of Chʻen Li-fu, 1900-1993, page 133
    • The first major town on the Silk Road after entering Xinjiang was Hami. The mention of the name always makes one think of the famous Hami melons, but the melons are actually grown everywhere in Xinjiang.1995, Wen Dong Kuang, Focus on Xinjiang, →OCLC, page 19
    Synonyms:
    Chinese Hami melon, snow melon

Examples of Hami melon in a sentence

  • They also left a lasting stamp on the food of the capital, with their great round wheels of sesame flatbread, their grilled and stir-fried lamb, and their incredibly fragrant Hami melons.2008, Nicole Mones, The Last Chinese Chef, page 169:
  • The Hami melon, native to the Hami Region of Sinjiang Province, has found a new home here in Jhuangwei, Yilan.(Can we date this quote?), “Food”, in Yilan County Government, archived from the original on 29 Mar 2018:

Synonyms of Hami melon

Forms of Hami melon

pluralHami melons

Origin of Hami melon

From Hami + melon, calque from Mandarin 哈密瓜 (hāmìguā).

Questions about Hami melon

What does Hami melon mean?
Hami melon means a variety of muskmelon from Xinjiang, China, particularly associated with Hami City.
How do you use Hami melon in a sentence?
They also left a lasting stamp on the food of the capital, with their great round wheels of sesame flatbread, their grilled and stir-fried lamb, and their incredibly fragrant Hami melons.
What part of speech is Hami melon?
Hami melon is a noun.
What is the plural of Hami melon?
The plural of Hami melon is Hami melons.

Words near Hami melon in the dictionary

  1. hamhandedness
  2. hamhock
  3. hamhocks
  4. Hamhung
  5. hami
  6. Hami melon
  7. Hami melons
  8. Hamid
  9. Hamidi
  10. Hamidian
  11. Hamidieh

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