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Xiamen

Syllables: Xia·men/ʃjɑːˈmɛn/

Xiamen proper noun: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.

Proper noun

Xiamen

  1. A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
    • The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- had gathered in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen hoping to counter accusations that the group of big emerging economies was drifting apart and becoming irrelevant.2017 September 4, “BRICS meets in shadow of North Korea bombshell”, in France 24, archived from the original on 04 Sep 2017, Live news
    • For the past month Beijing has routinely sent drones over the Kinmen islands, which are about six miles from the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen. Recently China started to release high-resolution, close-range drone video of military facilities on Kinmen.2022 September 1, Didi Tang, “Taiwan shoots down Chinese drone”, in The Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Sep 2022, World
    Synonyms:
    Amoy

Xiamen meaning in Tagalog, Arabic and Vietnamese

Xiamen in Tagalog

a sub-provincial city in southeastern China
Amoy

Xiamen in Arabic

a sub-provincial city in southeastern China
شْيَامِن šyāmin

Xiamen in Vietnamese

a sub-provincial city in southeastern China
Hạ Môn

Synonyms of Xiamen

Forms of Xiamen

alternative formHsiamen
alternative formHsia-men
alternative formSiamen

Origin of Xiamen

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廈門 /厦門 /厦门 (Xiàmén).

Words that rhyme with Xiamen

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Questions about Xiamen

What does Xiamen mean?
Xiamen means a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
What is Xiamen in Tagalog?
Xiamen in Tagalog is Amoy. See Xiamen meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is Xiamen?
Xiamen is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Xiamen?
Xiamen is pronounced /ʃjɑːˈmɛn/.

Words near Xiamen in the dictionary

  1. Xia-Gibbs syndrome
  2. Xiahe
  3. Xiahuayuan
  4. Xialu
  5. Xialuhe
  6. Xiamen
  7. xiamycin
  8. xiamycins
  9. xian
  10. Xian'an
  11. Xianbei

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