Min

Appendix:Variations of "min" English Etymology 1 + (god) en Egyptian god From en egy - R22:R12-C8 egy mnw Min. Proper noun en Egyptian god An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation. Translations ancient Egyptian goddess of fertility Arabic: ar مين m Czech: cs Min m Egyptian: mnw m xm:R12 German: de Min m Etymology 2 + River (Fujian) + Chinese Min River (Fujian) en Fujian From en cmn - 閩 Mǐn Fujian. Pronunciation mǐn Proper noun en river p/Fujian c/China. en 1837 May Coast of China: the division of it into four portions ; brief description of the principal places on the southeastern, eastern, and northeastern portions. w:The Chinese Repository https://archive.org/details/chineserepositor00unse/ Canton VI 1 1554371 12–13 https://archive.org/details/chineserepositor00unse/page/13/ The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min. en 1953 John C. Caldwell China Coast Family https://archive.org/details/chinacoastfamily0000unse/ Chicago w:Henry Regnery Company 53-9623 1199230 96 https://archive.org/details/chinacoastfamily0000unse/page/96/ We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection. en https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1973-11-04_14_43/ November 4, 1973 Matsu is strong, prosperous Free China Weekly XIV 43 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 2 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1973-11-04_14_43/page/n1/ Matsu is about 200 miles north of Quemoy and flanks the mouth of the Min River. The mainland city of Foochow, famed for its lacquer craftsmanship, is a short distance up the Min. en 1975 w:Rewi Alley Some Fukien Pottery Kilns, Ancient and Modern Eastern Horizon https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1975_14_3/ XIV 3 Hong Kong Eastern Horizon Press 0012-8813 751117974 26 https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1975_14_3/page/26/ 2 We left Foochow after an early breakfast, and after half an hour on a boat ferry that took us from the city environs across the Min River and up a tributary, we landed in Minhou county, and took the highway that led across Yungtai county to Tehua. en 1978 Burton F. Beers China in Old Photographs 1860-1910 https://archive.org/details/chinainoldphotog0000beer/ New York w:Charles Scribner's Sons 0-684-15651-2 78-13220 317470124 4714031M 111 https://archive.org/details/chinainoldphotog0000beer/page/111/ Foochow was a picturesque city of considerable size and consequence before its designation in 1842 as one of the five original treaty ports. It was the headquarters of Manchu civil and military offcialdom in Fukien Province. Its location on the Min River, which flowed through a major tea-producing district, and its excellent harbor gave the city additional importance as a port. en September 7, 2003 David W. Chen For Many Chinese, America's Allure Is Fading w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20150527231145/https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/world/for-many-chinese-america-s-allure-is-fading.html 27 May 2015 https://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/world/for-many-chinese-america-s-allure-is-fading.html 0362-4331 1645522 World In a small store in Tingjiang, across the Min River in Lianjiang County, questions about smuggling people into America prompted a lively discussion. en A group of related Chinese languages from Fujian, including Hokkien and Eastern Min. A widely construed ethnic group composed of the speakers of those languages. Fujian province. en 1998 Sucheta Mazumdar Sugar and Society in China: Peasants, Technology and the World Market Harvard University Asia Center http://books.google.com/books?id=qa7a68bIfPkC&pg=PA301&dq=Min#v=onepage 301 . They were started by people from Min [Fujian]. Now as a result, the profit is similar to that of Min.” 2007, 钟离图美, Food in China, 五洲传播出版社, pages 18–19: In the early 1900s, because of the joining of regional cuisines of Zhe (Zhejiang), Min (Fujian), Xiang (Hunan) and Hui (Anhui) Cuisines, en 2013 Angela Schottenhammer The East Asian “Mediterranean”: A Medium of Flourishing Exchange Relations and Interaction in the East Asian World Peter N. Miller The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography http://books.google.com/books?id=5htQP-xXMFwC Ann Arbor w:University of Michigan Press Liuhe zhenji lue zh 978-0-472-11867-0 2012047391 793581617 114 http://books.google.com/books?id=5htQP-xXMFwC&pg=PA114&dq=Min#v=onepage In 1685 (kangxi 24), the provincial governor (xunfu zh 巡撫) of Jiangsu "personally went to the seaports to inspect the local circumstances and suggested to fix (the following) regulations: trading certificates are granted for sailing overseas; merchants from Min province (Fujian) are called "birth ships" (wuchuan zh 烏船); Etymology 3 + River (Sichuan) en river in Sichuan From en cmn 岷 Mín. Pronunciation mǐn Proper noun en river p/Sichuan c/China. Etymology 4 en Chinese given name From en cmn 敏 Mǐn. Pronunciation mǐn Proper noun en male. en female. Etymology 5 Mountain Ok people en Mountain Ok en Proper noun The Mountain Ok ethnic group of Sandaun, Papua New Guinea. Etymology 6 en Ming Proper noun en obsolete en Ming. 3 A Dicoure of the Kingdome of China V 380 And ince this Family, called Ciu, which now holdeth the Souereigntie, hath reigned, it is called Min, which intimateth Splendour, and by vuall addition of one yllable Ta-min zh 大明, that is, the Kingdome of Great Splendour, Brightnee or Glory. en 1669 1665 John Nievhoff w:John Ogilby An embassy from the East-India Company An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/ nl John Macock London 407084353 4 https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-126081-3026/page/n15/ Long before the Conqueſt of China by the Tartars in their laſt invaſion, and the depoſing of the Emperour of China, (viz. when the Soveraignty of the Kingdom was in the Family of Ciu) China was called by the Chineſes Min, which ſignifies Perſpicuty, or Brightneſs. Afterwards they added to the word Min the ſyllable Ta, and called it then Tamin, or (as ſome write) Taming, which ſignifies The Kingdom of great Brightneſs. For above 300 years this Kingdom bore the name of Tai-juen, and at this time it is called by the Tartars, who poſſeſs this Kingdom under the Great Cham, Taicing. en 1884 Virgil C. Hart Taoism John Morrison Reid Doomed Religions https://archive.org/details/doomedreligions00reid/ New York Phillips & Hunt 6177798 25129168M 298 https://archive.org/details/doomedreligions00reid/page/298/ The founder of the Min dynasty (A. D. 1368) declares of him, "He descended repeatedly from heaven to be the imperial teacher; generation after generation he ceased not, but men knew him not. History, which has recorded every thing which could be of interest about Confucius, even to the minutest details of his daily life, failed to hand down the daily acts of a man who, for character and grasp of thought, far transcends his contemporary, Confucius." Anagrams en imn INM NMI nim en diminutives of female given names diminutives of male given names unisex given names en Chinese Languages Ancient Egypt Japanese Romanization みん Limburgish Noun f li Minn rhedok