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Fukien

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Noun

1. amoy, fukien, fukkianese, hokkianese, min, min dialect, taiwanese

any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fukien

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noun
1. 
a province of SE China: mountainous and forested, drained chiefly by the Min River; noted for the production of flower-scented teas. Capital: Fuzhou. Pop: 34 880 000 (2003 est). Area: 123 000 sq km (47 970 sq miles)
2. 
any of the Chinese dialects of this province
See also Min

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Fukien

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province of SE China, on Taiwan Strait: 47,529 sq mi (123,100 sq km); pop. 30,610,000; cap. Fuzhou
: former transliteration ; Obsolete ˈFukien (ˈfuˈkjɛn ; fo̅oˈkyenˈ)

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Fukien

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A province of southeast China on the East China Sea and Taiwan Strait. Fuzhou is the capital.
n.
A variety of Chinese spoken in Fujian province, eastern Guangdong province, and Taiwan.

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