Taywan
See also:taywan
Tagalog
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed fromSpanishTaiwán orEnglishTaiwan, from the letters ofWade–GilesTʻai²-wan¹ romanization ofMandarin臺灣/台湾 (Táiwān) and also possibly theromaji ofJapanese臺灣(taiwan), which both of whom are ultimately fromLiterary Chinese臺灣, which came fromHokkien大員 (Tāi-oân),大圓,臺員,大灣,臺灣, etc., from possiblySiraya.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog)IPA(key):/tajˈwan/[t̪aɪ̯ˈwan̪]
- Rhymes:-an
- Syllabification:Tay‧wan
Proper noun
editTaywán (Baybayin spellingᜆᜌ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔)
- Taiwan (A partly-recognizedcountry inEast Asia consisting of a mainisland and 167 smaller islands)
- Taiwan (anisland between theTaiwan Strait andPhilippine Sea inEast Asia)
- 1945, Faustino Aguilar,Nang magdaan ang daluyong:
- Sumunod sa malaking labang nangyari saTaywan (Pormosa) na sadyang dinayo ng isang malaking pangkat ng mga pandigmang amerikano, noong nangangalahati ang Oktubre at labanáng alinsunod sa mga balitang pinakalat ng Tokyo ay kinatamuhan ng kanyang mga hukbong dagat at katihan ng napakalaking tagumpay, na ikinapilay na di-umano ng mga amerikano;
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
Anagrams
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