Etymology

Quemoy

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Today it means: Synonym of Kinmen. Full definition →

Spanish Quemoy ← Hokkien 金門 /金门
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The story

  1. Hokkien · derived from金門 /金门
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromQuemoy
  3. English todayQuemoy

From Spanish Quemoy, from the Postal Romanization of Hokkien 金門 /金门 (Kim-mûi), specifically the Zhangzhou Hokkien dialect.

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