Taïwan

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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 (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 (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 (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

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taj.wan/
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Proper noun

Taïwan m

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

Derived terms