Tayouan
English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Tayouan
- (obsolete) Alternative spelling of Taiwan
- [1671, Arnoldus Montanus, translated by John Ogilby, Atlas Chinensis[1], London: Tho. Johnson, translation of original in Dutch, →OCLC, page 468:
- Near the Coaſt of the Province of Fokien lie Quemuy and Eymuy : Further off at Sea, oppoſite to them, appear Formoſa and Tayowan ; the firſt by the Chineſes, who now poſſeſs it, call'd Talieukich ; but to the Eaſt, near the Province Chekiang are the Iſles Changque and Chenxan.]