Taiwan
A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller…A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.
» Taiwan was hit by a powerful earthquake.
Тайвань поразило мощное землетрясение.
Meaning
10 sensesA partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.
Taiwan, Formosa
Тайва́ньTajvánʹ, Тайва́ньTajvánʹ, Формо́заFormóza
Тайва́ньTajvánʹ, Тайва́нTajván, Тайва́ньTajvánʹ
An island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia.
A former administrative division including Taiwan and nearby islands.
(historical)A former prefecture of Fujian province in China (Qing Empire) (1683–1885).
(historical)A former province of China (Qing Empire) (1885–1895).
(historical)A former dependency of Japan (1895–1945).
A province of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (from 1945).
The territory currently under the de facto jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
A claimed province of the People's Republic of China (from 1949).
(historical)Synonym of Tainan, a city of Taiwan, former capital of Taiwan Province.
2169 Taiwan, a main belt asteroid.
Examples
284 sentencesTaiwan was hit by a powerful earthquake.
ruТайвань поразило мощное землетрясение. — Karok
I became friends with him while I was in Taiwan.
ruКогда я был на Тайване, я подружился с ним. — Balamax
deIch freundete mich mit ihm an, als ich auf Taiwan war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Taiwan is a country.
Тайвань — це країна. — deniko
ruТайвань – страна. — Ooneykcall
deTaiwan ist ein Land. — Yorwba
Taiwan is an island country.
Тайвань - острівна держава. — Hvylynka
deTaiwan ist ein Inselstaat. — Adelpa
China's claim to Taiwan is not valid.
Претензії Китаю на Тайвань недійсні. — Ahha
Translations
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Origin
The specific form "Taiwan" in English emerged from the Wade–Giles Tʻai²-wan¹ romanizationThe specific form "Taiwan" in English emerged from the Wade–Giles Tʻai²-wan¹ romanization of Mandarin 臺灣／台湾 (Táiwān), and also perhaps the romaji of Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), both of which are ultimately from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, and other forms, a placename initially referring to a sandbank peninsula that later silted up; now wholly part of the island in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. The original placename itself was originally likely the transcription of a loanword from Siraya.
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