Taiwan

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

English
The Taiwanese flag

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

  1. 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
  2. An island off the coast of China, also known as Formosa since the 16th century.
    Synonym: Formosa
  3. 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

See also
  • Countries of the world

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Proper noun

Taiwan m

  1. Taiwan

Czech

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Taiwan m

  1. Taiwan
  • taiwanský
  • Taiwanec

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

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(key): /tˠaɰjɨjwanʲ/, [tˠɑɑ̯i̯ii̯ɒ̯ɒ͡ænʲ]

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan

Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Taiwan

  1. Taiwan

Synonyms

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)

Synonyms
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