Taioaan (Taiwan) si oar Thaepeeng-viuu saihvoa ee tøfsu, kab Tiongkog cikafn keq cidtiaau Of-Zuykaw. Y køq høxzøx Formosa, si axn Portugal-guo (Ilha) Formosa laai`ee, iesux si "Byle (Tør)".

Taioaan ee suokuix bøchviu huixto khaq koaan ee kokto hunbeeng. Y ee unto zhaputtøf ti 6-to kaux 36-to tiongkafn. Øexsae korng si suokuix-juu-zhwn, cyn sek'hap laang toax ee sofzai.

Taioaan ma u laang zhengho si Pøftør (寶島).

Tøexmiaa

"Taioaan" si Siraya-guo laai`ee. (Tayuan / Tayoan)

"Formosa" cyn tngg sikafn si Seviuu tuix Taioaan (台灣) zwiaux ee høxmiaa. Taioaan Jidpurn sitai khaisie tvia eng Jidpurn-oe ee Lømafji "Taiwan", mxkøq sixnkaux Ciaoau zhokii Seviuu ee bunciofng iao køq koarnsix eng "Formosa".

Ti sengbut hagmiaa tiofng, na Taioaan hoat'hien ee budzerng tvia eng "formosanus" iah si "formosana" zøx zefngsiøfmiaa (種小名). Na si "formosa" zøx zefngsiøfmiaa, kab Taioaan khaq bøo koanhe.

Tuliao Formosa iah Taioaan, kithvaf cie Taioaan ee ji køq u Taixoaan (大員) tefngterng.

Taiwan

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