Taivāna
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See also: Taivānā
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Via other European languages, ultimately from Mandarin 臺灣 / 台湾 (Táiwān) and possibly Japanese 臺灣 (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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Taivāna f (4th declension)
- Taiwan (a partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands)
- 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
- Taiwan (the island where the country of Taiwan is located)
- Taivānas sala ― the island of Taiwan
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |
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nominative | Taivāna | — |
genitive | Taivānas | — |
dative | Taivānai | — |
accusative | Taivānu | — |
instrumental | Taivānu | — |
locative | Taivānā | — |
vocative | Taivāna | — |
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Categories:
- Latvian terms derived from Mandarin
- Latvian terms derived from Siraya
- Latvian terms derived from Japanese
- Latvian terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Latvian terms derived from Hokkien
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Taiwan
- lv:Countries in Asia
- lv:Islands
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian fourth declension proper nouns
- lv:China