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*About 180 km east of coastal Fujian ([[Hokkiexn]], which lies across the [[Ozuykaw|Taiwan Strait]]).  
*About 180 km east of coastal Fujian ([[Hokkiexn]], which lies across the [[Ozuykaw|Taiwan Strait]]).  
*To the south, the island of Taiwan is separated from the [[Philippines|Philippine]] island of [[Luzon]] by the 250 km-wide Luzon Strait.
*To the south, the island of Taiwan is separated from the [[Philippines|Philippine]] island of [[Luzon]] by the 250 km-wide Luzon Strait.
==Name Origin==
The name "Taiwan" originated from the Sirayan language ([[Siraya-gie]]). The Austronesian language family to which Sirayan belongs includes most of the languages spoken in the western Pacific, including Polynesian, Indonesian, Filipino and Malaysian. The word "Tao" (pronounced Ta-o) means "person" or "people" in both the Tao language and all Philippine languages.
*http://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s=tao
*http://www.tagalog-dictionary.com/cgi-bin/search.pl?s=tayo
*http://learntaiwanese.taioaan.org/Taioaan%20Textoo.jpg


==Harnji==
==Harnji==
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