Taïwan

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.

   “India was not alone in its predicament or in its policy. While a few developing countries like Taiwan, Mexico, and Thailand had made remarkable progress in agriculture and had experienced success in curbing their population increases, others were nearly as bad off as India, even without a drought.”

2. özel isim An island between the Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea in East Asia.

   “As a result of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, China lost to Japan the important islands of Taiwan (Formosa) and the Pescadores, lying about a hundred miles off the Chinese coast.”

3. özel isim A former prefecture of Fujian province in China (Qing Empire) (1683–1885).
4. özel isim A former province of China (Qing Empire) (1885–1895).

   “Near Bang-ka is Twa-tu-tia, the great center of the tea-trade of Formosa, and the capital of the province of Taiwan (i. e. Formosa) from 1885 to 1896.”

5. özel isim A former dependency of Japan (1895–1945).

   “Taiwan (Formosa) and Hōkotō (the Pescadores) were ceded to Japan upon the close of the Chinese War of 1895. Taiwan has a Governor-General with extreme powers, and is now an integral part of Japan.”

6. özel isim A province of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (from 1945).

   “The Chinese Government today, with its program of local self-government in Taiwan, provides a revealing contrast to the Communist totalitarian "democratic dictatorship" on the mainland. Herein lies the foundation for our eventual victory against Communism.”

7. özel isim The territory currently under the de facto jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
8. özel isim A claimed province of the People's Republic of China (from 1949).

   “The eastern part of Taiwan Province is washed by the Pacific Ocean while the mainland coast borders on the Pohai, the Yellow, the East China and the South China Seas, each with its different depth and water temperature.”

9. özel isim Synonym of Tainan, a city of Taiwan, former capital of Taiwan Province.

   “The ports of Cháu-chau or Swatau, in the province of Kwangtung, and Taiwan on Formosa in the province of Fuhkien, will be opened to American commerce, and for Americans to reside with their families, on and after the first day of January, 1860.”

10. özel isim 2169 Taiwan, a main belt asteroid.

    “For the Massalia family, we only have information on (20) Massalia (pv = 0.21±0.01). Finally, for the Astrid family, we have (1128) Astrid with pv = 0.077±0.010 and (2169) Taiwan with pv = 0.099±0.020. In each of these cases, the values conform to the taxonomic type of the corresponding families.”

11. özel isim Alternative form of Taiwan.

    “Taïwan is the largest producer of first quality preserved mushrooms in the world. The second largest producer is France.”