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English
Proper noun
Tayouan
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Taiwan
, London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 468:Near the Coaſt of the Province of Fokien lie Quemuy and Eymuy : Further off at Sea, oppoſite to them, appear Formoſa and Tayowan ; the firſt by the Chineſes, who now poſſeſs it, call'd Talieukich ; but to the Eaſt, near the Province Chekiang are the Iſles Changque and Chenxan.]