Taivania

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Latin

Etymology

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

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ta.iˈu̯a.ni.a/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ta.iˈva.ni.a/,

Proper noun

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

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Taivania
Genitive	Taivaniae
Dative	Taivaniae
Accusative	Taivaniam
Ablative	Taivaniā
Vocative	Taivania
Locative	Taivaniae

Synonyms

(country in East Asia): Res Publica Sinarum, Formosa; Serica (disputed)

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