Taiwanとは

意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• (from Wade–Giles) T'ai-wan

語源

From earlier Tayuan, Tayoan, or other variants, from Siraya tau (“people”) + an (“place”). Recorded in Dutch as Tayouan (かつ other variants), and in Min Nan as 大員 (Tāi-oân) (かつ other variants).^[1] The term initially referred to a sandy peninsula in the area of modern-day Anping District, Tainan, and eventually became the name of the entire island. See also 臺灣／台灣／台湾 (Táiwān).

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪˈwɑn/
• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˌtaɪˈwɑːn/, /ˌtaɪˈwæn/, /ˌtaɪˈwɒn/

固有名詞

Taiwan

1. Common name for a country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China. Its de facto capital is Taipei.

   Synonyms: Chinese Taipei, Republic of China, ROC

   • 1968, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships‎^[2], volume 3, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, page 290:

     Helena's 1958 cruise in the Far East began 3 August. Her first port of call was Keelung, Taiwan, arriving 21 August. Next day students and faculty of the Taiwan National Defense College were received on board for a tour of the ship.

   • 2019, “President Tsai meets US Senator Ted Cruz”, in Office of the President Republic of China (Taiwan)‎^[3]:

     The senator then remarked that all eyes in the world are focused on Hong Kong, and on the brutal repression that is being visited upon the people of Hong Kong. The stakes being fought for are democracy and freedom, he said, and that is what Taiwan rightfully symbolizes to the world. He firmly reiterated that the American people are proud to be friends of Taiwan, and proud to stand with Taiwan.

   • 2020, Kuang-shun Yang, “Would Bernie Sanders Defend Taiwan?”, in The Diplomat‎^[4]:

     One moment that caught many people’s attention came when the host, Anderson Cooper, asked for Sanders’ view, as a potential commander-in-chief, should China take military action against Taiwan. Sanders responded straightforwardly: “I mean, I think we have got to make it clear to countries around the world that we will not sit by and allow invasions to take place, absolutely.”

2. An island off the coast of China, also known as Formosa since the 16th century.
   • 1669, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company on the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China‎^[5], pages 20-21:

     So upon the 20. of August Mr. Federick Schzdel a Merchant, ſet ſail in the good Ship called the Brown Fiſh, very richly freighted with all ſorts of Merchandizes from Taiwan to Canton ; and after nine days ſail, landed in the Canton River, at a place called Heytamon.

   Synonym: Formosa

3. A province of the Republic of China
4. A claimed province of the People's Republic of China

使用する際の注意点

Taiwan and Taiwanese are both widely used as attributives, e.g. Taiwan/Taiwanese culture, the Taiwan/Taiwanese government, Taiwan/Taiwanese food, etc.

派生語

• Taiwanese

参考

• Countries of the world

Further reading

• Taiwan on Wikipedia.
• Taiwan on Wikivoyage.
• Taiwan on Wikimedia Commons.

参照

アナグラム

• atwain

固有名詞

T'ai-wan

1. Alternative form of Taiwan
   • 1876, Emil Bretschneider, “Chinese Intercourse with the Countries of Central and Western Asia in the Fifteenth Century”, in China Review‎^[1], volume 4, number 6, page 386:

     The Chinese now call Formosa 臺灣 Tʻai-wan which is properly the name of the capital of the island, situated on the western coast. But Tʻai-wan is mentioned also in the Ming-shi as a place of Ki-lung-shan, where about A.D. 1620 the red-haired barbarians (the Dutch) settled.

   • 1980, C. K. Leung and Norton Ginsburg, editor, China: Urbanization and National Development‎^[2], page 267:

     The Beijing Review, 46, November 16, 1979, p. 17, reported a population of 975 million including T'ai-wan and describes programs designed to attain zero population growth by the year 2000.