Taivāna

Via other European languages, ultimately from Mandarin 臺灣 / 台湾 (Táiwān) and possibly Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), both from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., a placename initially referring to a sandbank peninsula that later silted up now wholly part of the island in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. The original placename itself was likely originally a loanword transcription from possibly Siraya.

Taivāna f (4th declension)

1. Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
2. Taiwan (an island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia)

   Taivānas karogs ― the flag of Taiwan

   Ķīnas republika Taivānā ― the Chinese republic in Taiwan

   šobrīd Taivānas suverenitāti atzīst tikai 23 valstis ― currently only 23 countries recognize the sovereignty of Taiwan

3. Taiwan (the island where the country of Taiwan is located)

   Taivānas sala ― the island of Taiwan

• Ķīnas Republika

• Ķīna
• Ķīnas Tautas Republika