Taywan
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Tagalog
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Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Taiwán or English Taiwan, from the letters of Wade–Giles Tʻai²-wan¹ romanization of Mandarin 臺灣/台湾 (Táiwān) and also possibly the romaji of Japanese 臺灣 (taiwan), which both of whom are ultimately from Literary Chinese 臺灣, which came from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., from possibly Siraya.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tajˈwan/ [t̪aɪ̯ˈwan̪]
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Tay‧wan
Proper noun
Taywán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜌ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔)
- Taiwan (a country in East Asia)
- 1945, Faustino Aguilar, Nang magdaan ang daluyong:
- Sumunod sa malaking labang nangyari sa Taywan (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;
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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