# Amoy

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /əˈmɔɪ/ · frequency rank #88,050

## Definitions
1. Former name of Xiamen: a prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
2. The Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
3. The Hokkien language.

## Etymology
From the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 廈門 /厦门 (Ēe-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect. Compare Spanish Emuy.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/amoy