Where does “Taiwán” come from?

Taiwán (Spanish) comes from English Taiwan, from Chinese Mandarin 臺灣, from Hokkien 臺灣.

Taiwán (Spanish): Taiwan

Definitions

  1. Taiwan

Ancestry of “Taiwán”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTaiwan2169 Taiwan, a main belt asteroid
2Chinese Mandarin臺灣—
3Hokkien臺灣—

Words derived from “Taiwán”

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