Siamen

English

Proper noun

Siamen

1. Alternative form of Xiamen
   • 1988, Viktor Ivanovich Rutenburg, Feudal Society and Its Culture‎^[1], Progress Publishers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 285, column 2:

     Taking the port of Siamen (in Fukien) Chen Chen-kung twice advanced on Nanking.

   • 2005, 台灣歷史小百科 : 認識台灣歷史精華讀本 [Mini-encyclopedia of Taiwan History]‎^[2], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 87, 143:

     The Dutch then were especially strict on ships from Taiwan to Siamen. Jheng Chenggong refused to commit even one vessel to this route. Consequently, the Dutch East India Company halted its operations in Taiwan and dispatched […]
     Charles W. Le Gendre, the US Consul in Siamen, comes to Taiwan

   • 2005, Wu Mi-cha, editor, 台湾史10講 [Ten Short Talks on Taiwan History]‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 27, 83‎^[4]:

     After initial successes , his tactical mistakes forced him to retreat to Kinmen and Siamen in southern Fujian. The following year, Cing forces launched new attacks on Kinmen and Siamen. […]
     Jheng Jing abandons Kinmen and Siamen.

   • 2009 July 22, Vivian Dickson-Morato, “Ladies in Red, radiant beauty in Casa de Campo”, in Casa de Campo Living‎^[5], archived from the original on 27 November 2020‎^[6]:

     Surprisingly, the Delonix Regia is a species of flowering plant from the Fabaceae family, endemic to Madagascar. […]
     It is the city tree of Tainan, Taiwan and Siamen, Fujian Province, People’s Republic of China. The National Cheng Kung University in Tainan displays one on its emblem.

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