Taivania

Latin Etymology From la 臺灣 cmn -ia suffix forming place names, from la lzh-lit 臺灣 -, from la nan-hbl - 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 la fos -. Pronunciation Proper noun Taivania<1.loc> la New Latin la Formosa, la island r/East Asia Taiwan la New Latin la Taiwan Q865,Q22502 Declension Taivania<1.loc> Synonyms country in East Asia la Res Publica Sinarum, la Formosa; la Serica disputed la terms suffixed with -ia