Téaváin

Irish

Etymology

From English Taiwan, from Mandarin 臺灣 / 台湾 (Táiwān) and possibly Japanese 臺灣(たいわん) (taiwan), both from Literary Chinese 臺灣, from Hokkien 大員 (Tāi-oân), 大圓, 臺員, 大灣, 臺灣, etc., from possibly Siraya.

Proper noun

An Téaváin f (genitive na Téaváine)

1. Taiwan (an island and partly-recognized country in East Asia)

Declension

Declension of Téaváin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Téaváin vocative a Théaváin genitive Téaváine dative Téaváin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Téaváin genitive na Téaváine dative leis an Téaváin don Téaváin

Derived terms

• Téavánach (“Taiwanese”, adjective)
• Téavánach m (“a Taiwanese person”)

 

Related terms

• Poblacht na Síne f (“the Republic of China”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Téaváin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Téaváin	Théaváin	dTéaváin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “Taiwan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024