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Amoy

noun
1.
Any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province.  Synonyms: Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min, Min dialect, Taiwanese.





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... man's soul is set down to demons. Thus fits and convulsions are generally ascribed by the Chinese to the agency of certain mischievous spirits who love to draw men's souls out of their bodies. At Amoy the spirits who serve babies and children in this way rejoice in the high-sounding titles of "celestial agencies bestriding galloping horses" and "literary graduates residing halfway up in the sky." When an infant is ...
— The Golden Bough - A study of magic and religion • Sir James George Frazer


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