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Hokkien
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Hokkien can refer to:
- The Hokkien (dialect): a Chinese language|Chinese dialect, often called Minnan or Minnanhua (Southern Min), a member of the Min (linguistics)|Min dialect branch, similar to Taiwanese language|Taiwanese
- A transliteration of the name of the Fujian province of China. It derives from the pronunciation found in the Fujian language of Hokkien (dialect). The use of this transliteration as a geographical term was more commonly used historically and has now been largely supplanted by the pinyin form "Fujian."
- An ethnic-cultural group, much of which is now in diaspora, originating in Fujian: there are large numbers of Hokkien descendants in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Taiwan and Thailand. See Hoklo (ethnic group).
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