Hsiamen

See also: Hsia-men

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 廈門／厦门 (Xiàmén) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsia⁴-mên².

Proper noun

Hsiamen

1. Alternative form of Xiamen
   • 1963, Xavier Rynne, Letters from Vatican City‎^[1], New York: Farrar, Straus & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 204:

     Bishop Velasco of Hsiamen, China (expelled), expressed himself in complete agreement with Cardinals Ruffini and Browne and was for the schema as it stood.

   • 1997, James Cobb, Stormdragon‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 5:

     ‘The side-scan FLIRs are picking up heavy thermal flares around Hsiamen and the Signal intelligence monitors are reading defense suppression jamming from what looks like NATO standard ECM. Somebody’s doing some bombing out there. I’m also seeing a formation of surface ships out in the Strait. Man, I wish we could use the radar for a second!’

   • 2007, Frank Pope, Dragon Sea‎^[3], Harcourt, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 165:

     In January 1822, a large junk named the Tek Sing (or True Star) had set sail from Amoy (modern-day Hsiamen), bound for Batavia.

   • 2014, Toshiyuki Masuzawa et al., “Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Anaplasma bovis in Small Wild Mammals from Taichung and Kinmen Island, Taiwan”, in Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases‎^[4], volume 67, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 October 2018, page 111:

     The aim of this study was to examine the presence of Anaplasma species, including A. phagocytophilum, in small wild mammals captured between 1999 and 2009 in Taichung(24°18'N, 120°60'E), located in central Taiwan, and on Kinmen Island (24°45'N, 118°30'E), which is located off the shore of Hsiamen, Fujian province, China, in1999 (Fig. 1).

   • (Can we date this quote?), “Gun Salutes”, in Republic of China Naval Academy‎^[5], archived from the original on 07 January 2016‎^[6]:

     This academy was first established in Shanghai on 16th June, 1946, and had relocated thrice. On 1st April, 1947, it moved from Shanghai to Tsingdao. On 21st February, 1949, it moved from Tsingdao to Hsiamen, and to Taiwan on 26th September of the same year. It finally settled at Sze Yin, and has become the cradle of elite naval officers.

   • 2022 January 10, “Rev. George Leslie Mackay”, in Tamsui District Office, New Taipei City Government‎^[7], archived from the original on 20 July 2022:

     The turning point of his life came early at the age of 10. That year, renowned missionary William Chalmers Burns was on his way to return to England for holiday and to report the progress of his work. Burns passed Zorra and gave a speech in the local church on the situation of preaching in Hsiamen. Mackay was deeply moved by Burns’ words and had since decided to become a missionary in China. In order to search for the place for his missionary work, he visited the churches in Kuangchou, Shantou and Hsiamen.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Hsiamen.

Translations

Xiamen — see Xiamen

Further reading

• “Hsiamen”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Hsiamen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Hsiamen” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.