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Kinmenese

Kinmenese adjective: of or pertaining to Kinmen.

Adjective

Kinmenese (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Kinmen.

Noun

Kinmenese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The people of Kinmen islands.
    • The Kinmenese would collect the shrapnel and make knives; the metal was strong and sharp enough to cut through almost anything.2010, Mei-Ling Hopgood, Lucky Girl, Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, →ISBN, page 27
    • Between the 1950s and 1970s, Kinmenese weren't permitted to move away.2014, Steven Crook, Taiwan (Bradt Travel Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 318

Proper noun

Kinmenese

  1. The variant of Hokkien spoken in Kinmen.

Origin of Kinmenese

From Kinmen + -ese.

Questions about Kinmenese

What does Kinmenese mean?
Kinmenese means of or pertaining to Kinmen.
What part of speech is Kinmenese?
Kinmenese can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Kinmenese in the dictionary

  1. Kinman
  2. Kinmans
  3. Kinmel Bay
  4. Kinmel Bay and Towyn
  5. Kinmen
  6. Kinmenese
  7. kinna
  8. Kinnabulla
  9. kinnah
  10. Kinnaird
  11. Kinnaird compliant

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