Taïwan

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

English

Etymology

From French Taïwan, from Mandarin Chinese.

Proper noun

Taïwan

1. Alternative form of Taiwan.
   • 1975, Official Journal of the European Communities: Legislation:

     Taïwan is the largest producer of first quality preserved mushrooms in the world. The second largest producer is France.

   • 1997 December 9, Michel Bouissou, “Final 1.08 BIOS available!”, in alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus‎^[1] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-24:

     The final 1.08 BIOS version (not a beta!!) for the TX97 MoBo series is now available on the Asus Taïwan FTP site.

   • 2001 October 6, GeirSmith, “Pal Taïwan stop-over can go to Nepal”, in de.soc.weltanschauung.buddhismus‎^[2] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-24:

     I'll be available through my AOL mailbox during the trip to Taïwan.

   • 2004 May 5, Jean-Michel POURE, “Re: Resignation”, in linux.debian.maint.boot‎^[3] (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-24:

     Taïwan is not part of the United-Nations for historical reasons, since China took the place of its reprentatives in the United-Nations. Taïwan is not a recognized state. The Taïwanese flag does not have international recognition.

Anagrams

• atwain

French

Fort Zeelandia (circa 1670), on the former sandbank of "Taïwan"/"Tayovan" (now silted up and connected to the island as modern-day Anping District, Tainan)

Alternative forms

• Tayovan (obsolete, historical)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taj.wan/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Taïwan m

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

Derived terms

• Taïwanais
• taïwanais