[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886) › c10.289 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.289 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.289 - **Language:** English ### [c10.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.289) AMOY, n.p. A great seaport of Fokien in China, the name of which in Mandarin dialect is Hia-men, meaning ‘Hall Gate,’ which is in the Changchau dialect A-mui. In some books of the last century it is called Emwy and the like. It is now a Treaty-Port. - [Previous: c10.288](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.288) - [Next: c10.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.290) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.289) · Pramāṇa