Tainan

See also: Táinán and tai nạn

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán), meaning "South Taiwan". Officially named ca. 1885 with the creation of Tainan Prefecture.

Proper noun

Tainan

A major city of southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century

Synonyms

Fort Orange (historic)
Fort Zeelandia (historic)
Fort Provintia (historic)
Tainan City (legal)
Phoenix City (informal)

Translations

a city in Taiwan

Arabic: تَايْنَان‎ m (taynān)
Chinese:
Mandarin: (trad.) 臺南 (zh), (simp.) 台南 (zh) (Táinán)

Min Nan: 台南 (Tâi-lâm)
Czech: Tchaj-nan
Danish: Tainan
Dutch: Tainan
French: Tainan
German: Tainan
Hungarian: Tajnan
Italian: Tainan
Japanese: 台南 (ja) (たいなん, Tainan)

Korean: 타이난 (Tainan) (臺南)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Tainan
Polish: Tainan
Portuguese: Tainan f
Russian: Тайна́нь m (Tajnánʹ)
Spanish: Tainan
Swedish: Tainan
Turkish: Tainan
Uyghur: Teynen
Vietnamese: Đài Nam (臺南)

See also

Taipei

Anagrams

Antian, naiant, tannia

Japanese

Romanization

Tainan

Rōmaji transcription of たいなん

Portuguese

Proper noun

Tainan f

Tainan (a city in Taiwan)

Spanish

Proper noun

Tainan f

Tainan (a city in Taiwan)

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