English Explanatory Dictionary

Tainan

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century
  2. A former county of Taiwan.

Pronunciation

tīʹnänʹ

Word forms

Tainan T'ai-nan

Etymology

From Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán), meaning "South Taiwan". Officially named ca. 1885 with the creation of Tainan Prefecture.

Synonyms

Fort Orange Fort Zeelandia Fort Provintia Tainan City Taiwan T'ai-wan Phoenix City

Related words

Taipei

Translations

Arabic: تَايْنَان Chinese Cantonese: 臺南 /台南 Hakka Chinese: 臺南 /台南 Chinese: 臺南 /台南 Chinese Mandarin: 臺南 /台南 Czech: Tchaj-nan Danish: Tainan Dutch: Tainan French: Tainan German: Tainan Hungarian: Tajnan Italian: Tainan Japanese: 台南 Korean: 타이난 Marathi: ठाइनान Norwegian Bokmål: Tainan Polish: Tainan Portuguese: Tainan Russian: Тайна́нь Spanish: Tainan Swedish: Tainan Thai: ไถหนาน Turkish: Tainan Uyghur: Teynen Vietnamese: Đài Nam
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