a commercial city and seaport of China, in the province of Fokien, on a small island of the same name, in Lat. 24. 10. N. and Long. 118. 13. E. The city is neither clean nor well built, but it has many public buildings and shops. It is commanded by a citadel on a height, with fortifications. Amoy was captured by the British in 1841; and is one of the five Chinese ports opened up to British commerce by the treaty of 1842. Its harbour is deep, commodious, and safe, so that vessels on entering do not require the assistance of pilots. The traffic of Amoy is very considerable: in 1847, 117 vessels entered its harbour, with an aggregate burden of 16,494 tons; and the value of its imports, by British ships, during the same year was L179,758, by foreign vessels L75,976; of its exports in British vessels L71,389, in foreign vessels L85,658. Its principal exports are crockery-ware, umbrellas, tea, sugar, sugar-candy, paper, tobacco, camphor, and grass-cloth. Population in 1847, 250,000.