Hsia-men
Appearance
See also: Hsiamen
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 廈門 / 厦門 / 厦门 (Hsia⁴-mên²).[1][2]
Proper noun
[edit]Hsia-men
- Alternative form of Xiamen quotations ▼
Translations
[edit]Xiamen — see Xiamen
References
[edit]- ^ Xiamen, Wade-Giles romanization Hsia-men, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- ^ “Selected Glossary”, in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of China[1], Cambridge University Press, 1982, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 476, 479: “The glossary includes a selection of names and terms from the text in the Wade-Giles transliteration, followed by Pinyin, […] Hsia-men (Xiamen) 厦門”
Further reading
[edit]- “Hsia-men”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Hsia-men, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Hsia-men”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Hsia-men”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Hsia-men” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Xiamen”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 3500-3501, column 3: “[…] sometimes spelled Hsia-men.”