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Đài Loan

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Etymology

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    Sino-Vietnamese word from 臺灣, with 2nd element's pronunciation possibly descending from a dialectal Middle Chinese ancestor with initial *l- from Old Chinese *C.r-, instead of from *Cr- like 灣 (MC 'waen), whence Mandarin 灣 / 湾 (wān), Cantonese 灣 / 湾 (waan1), etc.

    Pronunciation

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    Proper noun

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    Đài Loan • (臺灣, 台灣)

    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)

    Adjective

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    Đài Loan

    1. Taiwanese

    Derived terms

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    See also

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    countries in Asia: các quốc gia châu Á (appendix)edit
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