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Fujian

adj · name · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈfuːd͡ʒi.ən/
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  • /ˌfuːˈd͡ʒæn/
  • /ˌfuːd͡ʒiˈæn/
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  • fo͞oʹjyěnʹ
  • CMU ARPABET: F UW2 JH IY1 AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or related to Mount Fuji.

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Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning 2

A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in mainland China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.

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Meaning 3

A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in mainland China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.

A province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), located on the southeastern coast. Capital: Fuzhou.

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Meaning 4

A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in mainland China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.

A nominal province of the Republic of China (Taiwan), consisting of Kinmen (Quemoy) and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties. Capital: Jincheng.

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name

Meaning 5

An age from 11.1 to 9.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Miocene.

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Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

From Fuji + -an.

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福建 (Fújiàn).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: فُوجْيَان (fujyān) — province of China
  • Armenian: Ֆուցզյան (Fucʻzyan) — province of China
  • Chinese Cantonese: 福建 (fuk1 gin3) — province of China
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 福建 (Hók-gióng) — province of China
  • Hakka Chinese: 福建 (Fuk-kien, Fuk-kian) — province of China
  • Chinese: 福建 (zh-min-nan) — province of China
  • Chinese Mandarin: 福建 (Fújiàn) — province of China
  • Czech: Fu-ťien — province of China
  • Esperanto: Fuĝjano — province of China
  • Georgian: ფუძიენი (puʒieni) — province of China
  • Greek: Φουτσιάν (Foutsián) — province of China
  • Hindi: फ़ूज्यान (fūjyān) — province of China
  • Hungarian: Fucsien — province of China
  • Indonesian: Fujian — province of China
  • Japanese: 福建 (Fukken) — province of China
  • Korean: 복건 (Bokgeon) — province of China
  • Korean: 푸젠 (Pujen) — province of China
  • Latvian: Fudzjaņa — province of China
  • Lithuanian: Fudzianas — province of China
  • Macedonian: Фуџиан (Fudžian) — province of China
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (fugiyan) — province of China
  • Manchu: ᡶᡠ ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (fu giyan) — province of China
  • Okinawan: 福建 — province of China
  • Polish: Fujian — province of China
  • Russian: Фуцзя́нь (Fuczjánʹ) — province of China
  • Swedish: Fujian — province of China
  • Tagalog: Hukyen — province of China
  • Thai: ฝูเจี้ยน — province of China
  • Tibetan: ཧྥུའུ་ཅན་ཞིང་ཆེན (hphu'u can zhing chen) — province of China
  • Vietnamese: Phúc Kiến — province of China
  • Zhuang: Fuzgen — province of China
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