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Taiwan (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 24 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 24.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 121 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 121.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Main island originally inhabited by Malayo-Polynesians. The island was settled by the Chinese in the 7th century. Later visited by Portuguese in the 16th century. Migrations occurred in the 17th century from inhabitants of the Chinese Fujian and Guangdong provinces. The Dutch arrived in the 17th century as well. Taiwan became a refuge for Chinese Nationalists in the late 1940s. The official language is Mandarin Chinese. |
Names: |
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| Chung-hua Min-kuo (preferred,C,V,Chinese (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Taiwan (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Taiwan (Indonesian)
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| Taiwan (Swedish)
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| Taiwan (Portuguese)
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| Taiwan (Romanian)
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| Taiwan (Catalan)
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| Taiwan (Basque)
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| Taiwan (Akan)
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| Taiwan (Welsh)
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| Taiwan (Hausa)
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| Taiwan (German)
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| Taiwan (Breton)
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| Taiwan (Dutch)
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| Taiwan (Afrikaans)
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| Taiwan (Italian)
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| Taiwan (Estonian)
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| Taiwan (Greenlandic)
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| Taiwan (Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),U)
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| Taiwan (Norwegian (Bokmål))
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| Taiwan (Romansh)
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| Taiwan (Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Taiwan (Northern Sami)
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| Taiwan (Shona)
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| T'aiwan (C,V,English,U,N)
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| Taïwan (C,O,French-P,U,N)
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| Taïwan (Picard)
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| Taiwán (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| Taiwán (Galician)
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| Taiwán (Tetum)
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| China, Republic of (Taiwan) (C,V,English,U)
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| Republic of China (Taiwan) (C,O,English,U,N)
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............ | used after 1949 |
| Province of China Taiwan (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Taiwan, Province of China (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Province de Chine Taïwan (C,O,French,U,N)
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| Nationalist China (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Chinese Taipei (C,V)
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............ | designated name used in various international organizations and sporting events |
| T'ai-wan (C,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| ROC (C,V,A)
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| TWN (C,O,ISO3L)
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| TW (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO158 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| China (Republic, Taiwan) (NA,V,Chinese (transliterated),U)
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| 臺灣 (NA,V,Chinese,U)
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| Taiwanese (C,O)
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| טייוואן (C,U,Yiddish)
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| טייוואן (Hebrew )
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| Китайы Республикæ (C,U,Ossetian/Ossetic)
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| An Téaváin (C,U,O,Irish Gaelic)
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| Chinska republika (C,U,Upper Sorbian)
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| Chunwa Republika (C,U,Quechuan)
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| Çin Cumhuriyeti (C,U,Turkish, Crimean)
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| Çin Cumhuriyeti (Turkish)
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| Çin Respublikası (C,U,Azerbaijani)
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| Čínská republika (C,U,Czech)
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| Cumhuriyetê Çini (C,U,Dimli)
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| Cunghvaz Minzgoz (C,U,Zhuang)
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| Đài Loan (C,U,Vietnamese)
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| Dài-uăng (C,U,Chinese, Min Dong)
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| Enez Taiwan (C,U,Breton)
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| Heograpiya ng Taiwan (C,U,Tagalog)
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| Hiina Vabariik (C,U,Estonian)
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| Ilha Formosa (C,U,Portuguese)
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| Illa de Taiwán (C,U,Galician)
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| Isola di Formosa (C,U,Italian)
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| i-Taiwan (C,U,Zulu)
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| IThayiwani (C,U,Swati (Swazi))
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| Jamhuri ya China (C,U,Swahili (generic))
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| Jamhuriyar Sin (C,U,Hausa)
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| Kiinan tasavalta (C,U,Finnish)
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| Kínai Köztársaság (C,U,Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Ķīnas Republika (C,U,Latvian)
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| Kitay Respublikası (C,U,Gagauz)
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| Lýðveldið Kína (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Orílẹ́ède Taiwani (C,U,Yoruba)
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| Pobblaght ny Sheen (C,U,Gaelic, indigenous Manx)
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| Poblachd na Sìne (C,U,Scots Gaelic)
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| Pulau Taiwan (C,U,Malay (macrolanguage))
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| Republica de China (C,U,Aragonese)
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| Republica de China (Occitan)
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| Republica de China (Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association))
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| República de China (C,U,Asturian)
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| Rèpublica de Ch·ina (C,U,Arpitan)
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| Republica de Cina (C,U,Venetian)
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| Republic o Cheenae (C,U,Scots)
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| Republiek China (C,U,Low German)
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| Republiek China (Dutch)
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| Republiek China (Limburgan)
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| Republiek van Sjina (C,U,Afrikaans)
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| Republika Chińska (C,U,Polish)
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| Republika Chinskeje (C,U,Lower Sorbian)
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| Republika Chińsko (C,U,Silesian)
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| Republika di China (C,U,Papiamento)
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| Republika e Kinës (C,U,Albanian)
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| Republika han Tsina (C,U,Waray (Philippines))
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| Republika Kina (C,U,Croatian)
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| Republika ning Tsina (C,U,Pampanga)
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| Republika sa Tsina (C,U,Cebuano)
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| Republik China (C,U,Albanian, Tosk)
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| Republik China (Luxembourgish)
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| Republik China (Saterfriesisch)
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| Républik Cina (C,U,Javanese)
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| Republike de China (C,U,Novial)
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| Republikken Kina (C,U,Danish)
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| Republikken Kina (Norwegian (Nynorsk))
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| Republikken Kina (Norwegian)
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| Republik Kina (C,U,Bavarian)
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| Republiko di Chinia (C,U,Ido)
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| Republik Tiongkok (C,U,Indonesian)
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| Republik Tsiene (C,U,Nauruan)
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| République de Chine (C,U,French)
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| Repúbrica de China (C,U,Extremaduran)
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| Repuvlika de Kina (C,U,Ladino)
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| Ripablik bilong Saina (C,U,Tok Pisin (Neomelanesian))
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| Saina Taipei (C,U,Samoan)
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| Taaywaan (C,U,Wolof)
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| Taihuan (C,U,Nahuatl)
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| Tâi-oân (C,U,Chinese, Min Nan)
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| Taioana (C,U,Malagasy)
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| Taiuani (C,U,Tonga (Tonga Islands))
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| Taivan (C,U,Faroese)
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| Taivan (Veps)
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| Taívan (C,U,Icelandic)
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| Taivāna (C,U,Latvian)
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| Taivanas (C,U,Lithuanian)
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| Taiwana (C,U,Maori)
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| Taiwani (C,U,Kikuyu)
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| Taiwani (Luba-Katanga)
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| Taiwani (Swahili (generic))
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| Tâiwâni (C,U,Sangho)
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| Taiwanin (C,U,Lingala)
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| Taiwan nutome (C,U,Ewe)
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| Taiwan, Republic of China (C,U,English)
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| Taiwan ROC (C,U,English)
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| Tajvan (C,U,Croatian)
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| Tajvan (Bosnian)
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| Tajvan (Magyar (Hungarian))
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| Tajvan (Slovene)
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| Tajvan (Albanian)
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| Tajvano (C,U,Esperanto)
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| Tajwan (C,U,Maltese)
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| Tajwan (Kashubian)
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| Tajwan (Slovak)
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| Tajwan (Czech)
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| Tayiwani (C,U,Rundi)
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| Tayiwani (Rwanda)
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| Tayiwani (Ganda (Ugandan language))
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| Tayiwani (Bambara)
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| Tayvän (C,U,Volapük)
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| Tayvan (C,U,Uzbek)
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| Tayvan (Azerbaijani)
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| Taywaan (C,U,Somali)
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| Taywaan (Fulah)
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| Taywan (C,U,Somali)
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| Taywan (Achinese)
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| Taywan (Kurdish)
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| Taywan (Cornish)
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| Taýwan (C,U,Turkmen)
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| Teivan (C,U,Faroese)
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| Thayiwani (C,U,North Ndebele)
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| Thòi-vân (C,U,Chinese, Hakka)
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| Република Кина (C,U,Serbian)
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| Република Кина (Macedonian)
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| Республіка Китай (C,U,Ukrainian)
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| Тайван (C,U,Tajik)
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| የቻይና ሪፐብሊክ (C,U,Amharic)
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| تایوان (C,U,Azerbaijani, South)
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| تایوان (Mazanderani)
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| تایوان (Kurdish)
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| تایوان (Persian-Farsi)
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| تایوان (Central Kurdish)
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| Тайвань (C,U,Chuvash)
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| Тайвань (Chechen)
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| Тайвань (Mongolian)
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| Тайвань (Kazakh)
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| Тайвань (Kyrgyz)
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| Тайвань (Russian)
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| Тайвань (Ukrainian)
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| Тайвань (Udmurt)
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| Тайвань (Belarusian)
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| ཐའེ་ཝན། (C,U,Tibetan)
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| تائیوان (C,U,Panjabi, Western)
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| تائیوان (Urdu)
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| तैवान (C,U,Marathi)
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| तैवान (Sanskrit)
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| तैवान (Pali)
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| 台湾 (C,U,Chinese, Gan)
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| 台湾 (Chinese, Wu)
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| 台湾 (Chinese)
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| சீனக் குடியரசு (C,U,Tamil)
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| تەيۋەن (C,U,Uyghur)
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| جمهورية الصين (C,U,Arabic, Egyptian)
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| تائيوان (C,U,Sindhi)
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| ताइवान (C,U,Hindi)
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| ताइवान (Nepali)
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| ताइवान (Bihari languages)
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| တရုတ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (C,U,Burmese)
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| טאיוואן (C,U,Hebrew )
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| തായ്വാൻ (C,U,Malayalam)
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| টাইৱান (C,U,Assamese)
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| ཏའི་ཝཱན་ (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| चीनी गणराज्य (C,U,Hindi)
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| 타이완 (C,U,Korean)
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| د چين جمهوريت (C,U,Pashto)
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| 중화민국 (C,U,Korean)
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| Кытай Өрөспүүбүлүкэтэ (C,U,Yakut)
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| ତାଇୱାନ (C,U,Odia)
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| 台灣 (C,U,Japanese)
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| 台灣 (Chinese, Yue)
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| 台灣 (Chinese)
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| Востраў Тайвань (C,U,Belarusian)
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| ޓައިވާން (C,U,Maldivian (Divehi))
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| Չինաստանի Հանրապետություն (C,U,Armenian)
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| Кытай Җөмһүрияте (C,U,Tatar)
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| تایڤان (C,U,Northern Luri)
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| चीनचे प्रजासत्ताक (C,U,Marathi)
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| ਤਾਇਵਾਨ (C,U,Panjabi, Eastern)
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| ประเทศไต้หวัน (C,U,Thai)
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| ტაივანი (C,U,Mingrelian)
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| ტაივანი (Georgian)
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| Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Хитад Улас (C,U,Russia Buriat)
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| తైవాన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| Δημοκρατία της Κίνας (C,U,Greek)
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| تايوان (C,U,Arabic)
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| Хъутей Республикэ (C,U,Kabardian)
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| ಚೀನಿ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Ҡытай Республикаһы (C,U,Bashkir)
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| جمہوریۂ چین (C,U,Urdu)
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| Република Китай (C,U,Bulgarian)
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| Китдин Орн (C,U,Kalmyk)
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| তাইৱান (C,U,Bishnupriya Manipuri)
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| Тайуан (C,U,Kazakh)
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| ચીની ગણતંત્ર (C,U,Gujarati)
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| టైవాన్ (C,U,Telugu)
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| തായ്വാന് (C,U,Malayalam)
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| ତାଇୱାନ୍ (C,U,Odia)
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| ထိုင်ဝမ် (C,U,Burmese)
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| ಥೈವಾನ್ (C,U,Kannada)
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| Тајван (C,U,Serbian)
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| Тајван (Macedonian)
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| Ταϊβάν (C,U,Greek)
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| 대만 (C,U,Korean)
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| તાઇવાન (C,U,Gujarati)
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| தைவான் (C,U,Tamil)
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| තායිවානය (C,U,Sinhala)
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| ཏའི་ཝཱན (C,U,Dzongkha)
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| ໄຕ້ຫວັນ (C,U,Lao)
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| ታይዋን (C,U,Tigrinya)
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| ታይዋን (Amharic)
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| តៃវ៉ាន់ (C,U,Khmer)
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| Թայվան (C,U,Armenian)
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| তাইওয়ান (C,U,Bengali)
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| Formosa (H,O,English,U,N)
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............ | meaning "beautiful," named by Portuguese 1590 |
| Formosa (Latin)
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| Formosa (Portuguese,U,N)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Additional Parents: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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established in 1949; lost UN seat in 1971 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| controlled region (H) |
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Dutch, 1624-1661; Chinese, 1683-1895; Japanese, 1895-1945 |
| political entity (C) |
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| independent political entity (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Pan-ch'iao .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Asia, Taiwan, Taipei) [1085361] |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| Бүгэдэ Найрамдаха Хитад Улас.......... |
[VP] |
| ............................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1668284 |
| Orílẹ̀-èdè Olómìnira ilẹ̀ Ṣáínà.......... |
[VP] |
| ..................................................... |
GeoNames online [n.d.] 1668284 |
| Province de Chine Taïwan.......... |
[VP] |
| ......................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 784 |
| Province of China Taiwan.......... |
[VP] |
| ......................................... |
ISO Handbook (1988) 772 |
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