出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2024/08/16 23:36 UTC 版)
From Mandarin 臺灣/台湾 (Táiwān) + -ia (suffix forming place names), 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.
Taivania f sg (genitive Taivaniae); first declension