Hoklo

English

Etymology

From Hokkien 福佬 (Hok-ló).

Noun

Hoklo pl (plural only)

  1. A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
    • 2000, Chen, Shui-Bian, David J. Toman, transl., The Son of Taiwan: The Life of Chen Shui-Bian and His Dreams for Taiwan, Taiwan Publishing Co., Ltd., →ISBN, OCLC 45640623, page 228:
      Growing up in the countryside of Tainan County, the village was almost entirely populated by Hoklo people, with no Hakkas, no mainlanders, and even less chance of aborigines settling there.
    • 2004 June 23, Yiu, Cody, “A loving attitude is color-blind”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 25 June 2004:
      Huang, 45, was born in Sanhsia in Taipei County, but grew up in Taipei City speaking Mandarin and Hoklo (more commonly known as Taiwanese).

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