[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) › c10.290 # Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.290 Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and of Kindred Terms, Etymological, Historical, Geographical and Discursive c10.290 - **Language:** English ### [c10.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.290) 1687.—“Amoy or Anhay, which is a city standing on a Navigable River in the Province of Fokien, and is a place of vast trade.”—Dampier, i. 417. (This looks as if Dampier confounded the name of Amoy, the origin of which (as generally given) we have stated, with that of An-hai, one of the connected ports, which lies to the N.E., about 30 m., as the crow flies, from Amoy). - [Previous: c10.289](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.289) - [Next: c10.291](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.291) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.290](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.yule-burnell-1886.c10.290) · Pramāṇa