Taivania
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān) + -ia (“forming place names”), a transcription of a local tribe's endonym around the area of Anping, possibly Siraya taywan (“place of the people”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ta.iˈu̯a.ni.a/, [t̪äiˈu̯äniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ta.iˈva.ni.a/, [t̪äiˈväːniä]
Proper noun edit
Taivania f sg (genitive Taivaniae); first declension
- (New Latin) Synonym of Formosa, Taiwan (an island in East Asia)
- (New Latin) Taiwan (a country in East Asia)
Declension edit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Taivania |
| Genitive | Taivaniae |
| Dative | Taivaniae |
| Accusative | Taivaniam |
| Ablative | Taivaniā |
| Vocative | Taivania |
| Locative | Taivaniae |
Synonyms edit
- (country in East Asia): Res Publica Sinarum, Formosa; Serica (disputed)