Hsia-men

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 廈門／厦门 (Hsia⁴-mên²).[1]

Hsia-men

1. Alternative form of Xiamen
   • 1990, Humble, Richard, The Travels of Marco Polo (Exploration Through the Ages)‎, →ISBN, OCLC 20131761, OL 2213335M, page 25:

     They sailed from the great seaport of Cathay: Zaiton (modern Hsia-men), in a fleet of fourteen ships brought together on Kublai's orders. The ships Marco described were far bigger than anything built in Europe at that time.

   • 2003, Tu, Cheng-sheng, Paul Cooper, transl., Ilha Formosa: the Emergence of Taiwan on the World Scene in the 17th Century‎, OCLC 909219478, OL 24210446M, page 27:

     After Li Tan's death in 1625, Hsu Hsin-su (許心素), leader of the Chang-chou people dwelling in and around the city of Hsia-men (廈門, or Amoy), emerged as his successor.

   • 2007, Findlay, Ronald; O'Rourke, Kevin, Power and Plenty‎, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, LCCN 2007931677, OCLC 1204059663, page 173:

     Chinese traders, mostly from the southern ports of Amoy (Hsia-men) and Canton, took raw silk, fabrics, and apparel to Manila, where these cargoes were sold for silver and carried back for sale in the New World.

• “Hsia-men”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Hsia-men, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Hsia-men at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Hsia-men”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Hsia-men” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.

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