English Dictionary

Taiwan

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌtaɪˈwɑn/

固有名詞

歴史的

Common name for a country in East Asia. Official name: Republic of China. Its capital is Taipei. / A large island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea, also known as Formosa.

日本語の意味

東アジアにある国の通称。正式名称は中華民国で、首都は台北。 / 台湾海峡とフィリピン海の間に位置する大きな島。別名フォルモサ。

Taiwan, officially the Republic of China, has Taipei as its capital and is renowned for its vibrant night markets.

台湾（正式名称：中華民国）は首都を台北に置き、活気ある夜市で知られています。

意味（1）

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

India was not alone in its predicament or in its policy. While a few developing countries like Taiwan, Mexico, and Thailand had made remarkable progress in agriculture and had experienced success in curbing their population increases, others were nearly as bad off as India, even without a drought.

意味（2）

A large island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea, also known as Formosa.

The Government claims suzerainty over and receives tribute more or less regularly from Corea, and also from Anam, Siam, Burmah, and part of the Loochoo Islands, and it has recently erected the beautiful and extensive Island of Formosa, or Taiwan, hitherto attached to the province of Fo-Kien, into a separate province with its own governor-general who, like those of the other provinces, is appointed directly from Peking.

意味（3）

(historical) An administrative division of the Qing (Ching) dynasty (Manchu).

意味（4）

(historical) A colony of Japan.

Taiwan (Formosa) and Hōkotō (the Pescadores) were ceded to Japan upon the close of the Chinese War of 1895. Taiwan has a Governor-General with extreme powers, and is now an integral part of Japan.

意味（5）

A province of the Republic of China.

The Chinese Government today, with its program of local self-government in Taiwan, provides a revealing contrast to the Communist totalitarian democratic dictatorship on the mainland. Herein lies the foundation for our eventual victory against Communism.

意味（6）

A claimed province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China).

The eastern part of Taiwan Province is washed by the Pacific Ocean while the mainland coast borders on the Pohai, the Yellow, the East China and the South China Seas, each with its different depth and water temperature.

意味（7）

(historical) Synonym of Tainan (major city in southern Taiwan; former capital city).

In 1860 Mr. Swinhoe attended Gen. Napier, and afterwards Sir Hope Grant, the Commander-in-Chief, as interpreter, and received a medal for war service. At the end of the same year he was appointed Vice-Consul at Taiwan, Formosa, and in 1865 to the full Consulship.

意味（8）

(astronomy) 2169 Taiwan, a main belt asteroid.

For the Massalia family, we only have information on (20) Massalia (pv = 0.21±0.01). Finally, for the Astrid family, we have (1128) Astrid with pv = 0.077±0.010 and (2169) Taiwan with pv = 0.099±0.020. In each of these cases, the values conform to the taxonomic type of the corresponding families.