Irish

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Etymology

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From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣台湾 (Táiwān) and possibly Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), both from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., from possibly Siraya.

Proper noun

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An Téaváin f (genitive na Téaváine)

  1. Taiwan (an island and partly-recognized country in East Asia)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Téaváin Théaváin dTéaváin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Taiwan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024