タイワン
Meanings
Noun
1. Taiwan
Pitch accent
イワ
Composed of
Taiwan
bay; gulf; inlet
Used in vocabulary (19 in total)
Taiwanese squirrel (subspecies of Pallas's squirrel, Callosciurus erythraeus thaiwanensis)
Taiwanese person; Taiwanese people
Taiwanese (language); Taiwanese Hokkien
Straits of Taiwan
Taiwan Expedition (punitive expedition by the Japanese military forces; 1874)
atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan
Taiwan Dog; Formosan Mountain Dog
paradise fish (Macropodus opercularis)
blotched snakehead (Channa maculata)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)
blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus); flower crab; blue manna crab
brown-throated martin (Riparia paludicola); brown-throated sand martin
Kuomintang (Taiwanese Nationalist Party)
Taiwanese tea (i.e. oolong)
Taiwanese habu (Trimeresurus mucrosquamatus)
hair loss; baldness; alopecia
New Taiwan dollar
Taiwanese vegetarian cuisine
Examples (3 in total)
We went by way of Taiwan.
Taiwanese food isn't as spicy as Indian food.
I became friends with him while I was in Taiwan.