Southern Min

English

Partial calque of Mandarin 閩南／闽南 (Mǐnnán)

Synonym of Min Nan
- 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, OCLC 1087897007, OL 8643066M, page xi:
  To truly complete the journey and discover the roots of Taiwan’s southern Min majority one would have to travel to the P’eng-hu islands (Pescadores) and then still farther west to the shores of southern Fukien and the cities and towns along the province’s east-facing coast, which is where new history of Taiwan begins.

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