Taiwan
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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).
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌtaɪˈwɑn/
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/, /ˌtaɪˈwæn/, /ˌtaɪˈwɒn/
Audio (US) (file)
Proper nounEdit
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 notesEdit
Taiwan and Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
East Asian country
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East Asian island
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See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
Taiwan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Taiwan on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage 
Taiwan on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Mair, V. H. (2010) How to Forget Your Mother Tongue and Remember Your National Language[1]
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
CzechEdit
DutchEdit
FinnishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Taiwan
DeclensionEdit
| 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 termsEdit
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -aːn
NounEdit
Taiwan n (genitive Taiwans)
- an island nation in Asia; Taiwan
SynonymsEdit
- island: Formosa
- state: Republik China
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- Taiwan in Duden online
ItalianEdit
MarshalleseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 (Táiwān).
PronunciationEdit
- MED phonemes: {tahyiywan}
- IPA(key): /tˠaɰjɨjwanʲ/
- (MED) IPA(key): [tˠɑ.i.ɒ͡ænʲ]
- (Choi) IPA(key): [tˠa.i.ɔ͡ɛnʲ]
- (Willson) IPA(key): [tˠɑ.i.ɔ͡ɛnʲ]
Proper nounEdit
Taiwan
ReferencesEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Norwegian NynorskEdit
PortugueseEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 (Táiwān).
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Taiwan f
- Taiwan; Republic of China (a country in East Asia)
- Taiwan; Formosa (the main island of the Republic of China)
SynonymsEdit
- (Republic of China): Formosa, República da China
- (Taiwan island): Formosa