Taiwan
English
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Etymology
From earlier Tayuan, Tayoan, or other variants, from Siraya tau (“people”) + an (“place”). Recorded in Dutch as Tayouan (and other variants), and in Min Nan as 大員 (Tāi-oân) (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 also 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtaɪˈwɑn/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/, /ˌtaɪˈwæn/, /ˌtaɪˈwɒn/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper noun
Taiwan
- Common name for a country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China. Its de facto capital is Taipei.
- Synonyms: Chinese Taipei, Republic of China, ROC
- An island off the coast of China, also known as Formosa since the 16th century.
- Synonym: Formosa
- A claimed province of the People's Republic of China
Usage notes
Taiwan and Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.
Derived terms
Translations
East Asian country
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East Asian island
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See also
- Countries of the world
Further reading
References
- Mair, V. H. (2010) How to Forget Your Mother Tongue and Remember Your National Language
Catalan
Finnish
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 | — | — | |
Marshallese
Norwegian Bokmål
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Synonyms
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taj.ˈwɐ̃/
- Hyphenation: Tai‧wan
Proper noun
Taiwan f
- Taiwan; Republic of China (a country in East Asia)
- Taiwan; Formosa (the main island of the Republic of China)
Synonyms
- (Republic of China): Formosa, República da China
- (Taiwan island): Formosa
Related terms
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