"Taiwan" meaning in Afrikaans

See Taiwan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Inherited from Dutch Taiwan, ultimately from Dutch Tayouan, from possibly Siraya. Etymology templates: {{dercat|af|fos}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|af|nl|Taiwan|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Dutch Taiwan, {{inh+|af|nl|Taiwan}} Inherited from Dutch Taiwan, {{der|af|nl|Tayouan}} Dutch Tayouan, {{der|af|fos|-}} Siraya Head templates: {{head|af|proper noun||{{{pl}}}|head=}} Taiwan, {{af-proper noun}} Taiwan
  1. Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia; capital: Taipei) Categories (place): Countries, Countries in Asia, Taiwan
    Sense id: en-Taiwan-af-name-H8Yw3SNc Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 79 21
  2. Taiwan (an island in East Asia) Categories (place): Islands Synonyms: Formosa
    Sense id: en-Taiwan-af-name-HDgDOEPd
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Taiwannees, Taiwanner, Taiwans
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    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "word": "Taiwannees"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "word": "Taiwanner"
    },
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      "_dis1": "47 53",
      "word": "Taiwans"
    }
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      },
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      },
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  "pos": "name",
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        },
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          "kind": "place",
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          "name": "Countries in Asia",
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        {
          "kind": "place",
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          "_dis": "79 21",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia; capital: Taipei)"
      ],
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        [
          "Republic of China",
          "Republic of China#English"
        ],
        [
          "East Asia",
          "East Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Taipei",
          "Taipei#Afrikaans"
        ]
      ]
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          "langcode": "af",
          "name": "Islands",
          "orig": "af:Islands",
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            "Nature",
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            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taiwan (an island in East Asia)"
      ],
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          "Taiwan",
          "Taiwan#English"
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        [
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          "East Asia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Formosa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Taiwan"
}
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    "Afrikaans lemmas",
    "Afrikaans proper nouns",
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    "Afrikaans terms derived from Siraya",
    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
    "Pages with 20 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "cy:Countries in Asia"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Taiwannees"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwanner"
    },
    {
      "word": "Taiwans"
    }
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      },
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "fos",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "args": {},
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Tai‧wan"
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
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        "af:Countries",
        "af:Countries in Asia",
        "af:Taiwan"
      ],
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        "Taiwan, Republic of China (a country in East Asia; capital: Taipei)"
      ],
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          "Republic of China",
          "Republic of China#English"
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          "East Asia",
          "East Asia#English"
        ],
        [
          "Taipei",
          "Taipei#Afrikaans"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "af:Islands"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Taiwan (an island in East Asia)"
      ],
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        [
          "Taiwan",
          "Taiwan#English"
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        [
          "East Asia",
          "East Asia#English"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Formosa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Taiwan"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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