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Taiwan

Taiwan

See also: Taiwán, Taïwan, Táiwān, and Tâi-oân

English

Flag of the Republic of China

Proper noun

Taiwan

Wikivoyage

  1. Common name for a country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China. Its de facto capital is Taipei.
  2. An island nation off the coast of China, also known as Formosa since 16th century.
  3. A claimed province of the People's Republic of China

Derived terms

Usage notes

Taiwan and Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.

Translations

See also

  • Countries of the world

Anagrams

References

  1. ↑ Mair, V. H. (2010) How to Forget Your Mother Tongue and Remember Your National Language

Catalan

Proper noun

Taiwan m

  1. Taiwan

Czech

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Taiwan m

  1. Taiwan

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Taiwan n

  1. Taiwan

Finnish

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan

Declension

Inflection of Taiwan (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative Taiwan —
genitive Taiwanin —
partitive Taiwania —
illative Taiwaniin —
singular plural
nominative Taiwan —
accusative nom. Taiwan —
gen. Taiwanin
genitive Taiwanin —
partitive Taiwania —
inessive Taiwanissa —
elative Taiwanista —
illative Taiwaniin —
adessive Taiwanilla —
ablative Taiwanilta —
allative Taiwanille —
essive Taiwanina —
translative Taiwaniksi —
instructive — —
abessive Taiwanitta —
comitative — —

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːn

Noun

Taiwan n ‎(genitive Taiwans)

  1. an island nation in Asia; Taiwan

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Italian

Proper noun

Taiwan m

  1. Taiwan

Derived terms

See also

Marshallese

Etymology

From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 ‎(Táiwān).

Pronunciation

  • MED phonemes: {tahyiywan}
  • IPA phonemes: /tˠaɰjɨjwanʲ/
  • IPA articulation: [tˠɑɑ̯i̯ii̯ɒ̯ɒ͡ænʲ]

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 ‎(Táiwān).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taj.ˈwɐ̃/
  • Hyphenation: Tai‧wan

Proper noun

Taiwan f

  1. Taiwan; Republic of China (a country in East Asia)
  2. Taiwan; Formosa (the main island of the Republic of China)

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Etymology

From Tayuan, Tayoan, or other variants, tau meaning "people" and avan meaning "canoe" in Siraya (a Formosan language used on the southwestern part of the island). Recorded in Dutch records as "Tayouan" (and other variants), and in Chinese as 大員／大员 (and other variants).[1] The term initially referred to a sandy peninsula in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. See 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān).

Pronunciation

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