Etymology

Xiamen

Xia·men
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Today it means: A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China. Full definition →

Mandarin 廈門 /厦門 /厦门
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from廈門 /厦門 /厦门
  2. English todayXiamen

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.