Associations to the word «Amoy»

Wiktionary

AMOY, proper noun. (dated) Xiamen (a city in southern China)
AMOY, proper noun. The Jiulong Jiang river
AMOY, proper noun. The Amoy lect

Dictionary definition

AMOY, noun. Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats