Hokkien
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Hokkien is a Min nan word corresponding to Standard Mandarin "Fujian". It can refer to:
- Min Nan, a Chinese language/dialect, also called "Minnan", "Min Nan" or "Minnanyu" (meaning Southern Fujian).
- Fujian (or Fuchien, Fukien), a province of China.
- Hoklo people, an ethnic-cultural group originating in Fujian. There are a large number of Hokkien descendants in Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar.