English word senses marked with place category "Taiwan"
Parent categories: Asia, Earth, Eurasia, Nature
Subcategories: Changhua County, Chiayi, Chiayi County, Hsinchu, Hsinchu County, Hualien County, Kaohsiung, Keelung, Kinmen County, Lienchiang County, Miaoli County, Nantou County, New Taipei, Pingtung County, Taichung, Tainan, Taipei, Taitung County, Taoyuan, Yilan County, Yunlin County
Total 84 word senses
- Alian (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Alishan (Proper name) Mount Ali, a famous mountain in Taiwan.
- Bashi Channel (Proper name) The strait, part of Luzon Strait, dividing Mavulis Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island/Lanyu of Taiwan and connecting the South China Sea/Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean.
- Changhua (Proper name) A county in western Taiwan.
- Chiayi (Proper name) A city in southwestern Taiwan.
- Chiayi (Proper name) A county of Taiwan.
- Chichin (Proper name) Alternative form of Cijin
- Chin-men (Proper name) Alternative form of Kinmen
- Chinese Taipei (Proper name) A name under which the Republic of China (Taiwan) participates in international organisations.
- Ciaotou (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Cijin (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Cishan (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- DPP (Proper name) Initialism of Democratic Progressive Party (“political party in Taiwan”).
- Daliao (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Davis Line (Proper name) A boundary line, the centreline, the median line, in the middle of the Taiwan Strait, separating the (air) defence (control) zone of China from that of Taiwan.
- East China Sea (Proper name) A marginal sea east of China, south of the Korean Peninsula, west of the Ryukyu Islands, and north of Taiwan.
- Fengshan (Proper name) Alternative form of Fongshan (Taiwan)
- Five Poisons (Proper name) Five groups regarded by the Communist Party of China as threats to their rule: Uyghur and Tibetan supporters of respective independence movements, Falun Gong adherents, and supporters of Chinese democracy and the independence of Taiwan.
- Free China (Proper name) The Republic of China in Taiwan as opposed to Communist China, i.e. the People's Republic of China, primarily used during the Cold War prior to 1979.
- Garbage Island (Proper name) Taiwan.
- Hsinchu (Proper name) A city in northern Taiwan, sixth largest city in Taiwan, southwest of Taipei.
- Hsinchu (Proper name) A county in northern Taiwan.
- Hua-lien (Proper name) Alternative form of Hualien (city)
- Hualien (Proper name) A county in eastern Taiwan.
- Hunei (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Kao-hsiung (Proper name) Alternative form of Kaohsiung
- Kaohsiung (Proper name) A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.
- Keelung (Proper name) A city in north-eastern Taiwan.
- Kinmen (Proper name) A county of Taiwan.
- Korea Fish (Proper name) Han Kuo-yu
- Kuomintang (Proper name) A nationalist political party founded under Sun Yat-sen in 1912 that ruled mainland China from 1928 to 1949, now one of three major parties in the Republic of China (Taiwan).
- Lieh Hsü (Proper name) Alternative form of Lieyu
- Lienchiang (Proper name) A county of Taiwan, synonymous with the Matsu Islands.
- Lingya (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Linyuan (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Liouguei (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Liu-kuei (Proper name) Alternative form of Liouguei
- Lujhu (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Mandarin (Noun) Standard Mandarin, an official language of China and Taiwan, and one of four official languages in Singapore; Putonghua, Guoyu or Huayu.
- Maolin (Proper name) A mountain indigenous district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Miaoli (Proper name) A county in western Taiwan.
- Milk Tea Alliance (Proper name) An alliance between between democratic, pro-Western, anti-Chinese movements in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand and Myanmar.
- Namasia (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Nantou (Proper name) A county in central Taiwan.
- Nanzih (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Nationalist China (Proper name) the Republic of China (particularly under the rule of the one-party Kuomintang regime in Nanjing during 1925 to 1948)
- New Taipei (Proper name) A special municipality in northern Taiwan
- New Taiwan dollar (Noun) The currency of Taiwan.
- Pingtung (Proper name) A county in southern Taiwan
- ROC (Proper name) Initialism of Republic of China. (all senses)
- Republic of China (Proper name) A country in East Asia; modern-day Taiwan, the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949.
- Siaogang (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Sinsing (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- South China Sea (Proper name) The western arm of the Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland and Taiwan, Borneo and the Philippines.
- Taichung (Proper name) A city in central-western Taiwan.
- Tainan (Proper name) A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century
- Taipei (Proper name) The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.
- Taitung (Proper name) A county in eastern Taiwan.
- Taivoan (Noun) an indigenous people in Taiwan
- Taiwan (Proper name) A country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.
- Taiwan Strait (Proper name) The strait dividing mainland Asia (China) from Taiwan island and connecting the East and South China Seas.
- Taiwan studies (Noun) A multi-disciplinary academic discipline that includes the study of literature written in the Taiwanese language, Taiwan and Taiwanese history.
- Taiwanese (Adjective) Of or pertaining to Taiwan.
- Taiwanese (Noun) A person from Taiwan; usually plural.
- Taiwanese (Proper name) The variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan, the native language of the Hoklo.
- Takao (Proper name) Synonym of Kaohsiung
- Takow (Proper name) Kaohsiung
- Taoyuan (Proper name) A city in northwestern Taiwan, formerly a county.
- Taïwanese (Noun) The people of Taiwan.
- Three Principles of the People (Proper name) The political philosophy espoused by Sun Yat-sen and the Chinese Nationalist Party.
- Tʻai-pei (Proper name) Alternative spelling of Taipei
- Vegetable English (Proper name) Nickname for Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese politician.
- Yancheng (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Yanshui (Proper name) Alternative form of Yanshuei.
- Yilan (Proper name) A county of Taiwan.
- Yilan (Proper name) A county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
- Yunlin (Proper name) A county in western Taiwan.
- Zihguan (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- Zuoying (Proper name) A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- cross-strait (Adjective) Pertaining to relations between the People's Republic of China, commonly known as mainland China, and the Republic of China, commonly known as Taiwan.
- era name (Noun) The regnal year, reign period, or regnal title used when traditionally numbering years in an emperor's reign and naming certain Sinospheric rulers.
- nine-dash line (Proper name) A set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.
- 110 (Proper name) The telephone number for law enforcement in China, Japan, Germany, Indonesia, Latvia, Bolivia, Guatamala, Andorra, Nauru, and the Ivory Coast and on Taiwan.
- 119 (Proper name) The telephone number for ambulance services in Cambodia, Cameroon, Colombia, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Japan, and South Korea and on Taiwan.
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