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yamun

yamun is the alternative form of yamen.

Meaning of yamen

Noun

yamen (plural yamens)

  1. A residence of an official of the Chinese Empire.

Forms of yamun

pluralyamuns

Origin of yamun

Irregular romanization of Mandarin 衙門／衙门 (yámen).

Questions about yamun

What is yamun the alternative form of?
Yamun is the alternative form of yamen.

Words near yamun in the dictionary

  1. yamukas
  2. yamulka
  3. yamulkas
  4. yamulke
  5. yamulkes
  6. yamun
  7. Yamuna
  8. Yamunanagar
  9. yamuns
  10. yan
  11. yan dao

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Adapted from Wiktionary: yamun (page history and authors); yamen (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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