# T'ai-nan
## English
### Etymology

From Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-nan².

### Proper noun

T'ai-nan
* Alternative spelling of Tainan
** 1974, Stephan Feuchtwang, “City Temples in Taipei Under Three Regimes”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds‎, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 265:At this time Meng-chia was approaching its heyday as Taiwan’s most important commercial center, leaving T’ai-nan and Lu-kang behind.
** 1986 October 20, “Taiwan: The Winds of Change”, in Newsweek‎, volume CVIII, number 16, page 40:A country that can no longer rely on cheap labor: Space-age lab in Hsin-chu, producing salt near T'ai-nan
** 1998, “Introduction”, in No trace of the gardener : poems of Yang Mu‎, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page xiv:Among his poems is “Zeelandia,” written in early 1975. The title refers to An-p’ing, a fortress in T’ai-nan, in southern Taiwan, where the Dutch landed more than three centuries ago.
** 1999, Robert Gardella, “From Treaty Ports to Provincial Status, 1860-1894”, in Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History‎, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 178:Taiwan’s principal urban centers, in traditional order of importance, consisted of T’ai-nan (modem Tainan), Lu-kang, and Meng-chia.
** 2000, Chien-chao Hung, “Taiwan under the Ch’ing”, in A History of Taiwan‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:He chose Banka as the seat of his provincial government and named it T’ai-pei (Taipei) or the North of Taiwan. T’ai-wan fu was renamed T’ai-nan (Tainan) or the South of Taiwan.
** 2001, Robert Green, Taiwan‎, Lucent Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:As a candidate in 1985 in his native T'ai-nan county, his wife was struck by a speeding motorist and was paralyzed from the waist down.
** 2003, “Hsü Shih-hsien”, in Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233:Hsü Shih-hsien [Xu Shixian], 1908–83, was born in T’ai-nan city, Taiwan. Her father, Hsü Huan-ch’ang [Xu Huanchang], was a “cultivated talent” (hsiu-ts’ai) of the former Ch’ing [Qing] dynasty; her mother's name was Ch’en Fu.
** 2010, Uncle John's Creature Feature Bathroom Reader For Kids Only (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader)‎, Ashland, Oregon: Bathroom Readers' Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:Frightened bus drivers in Taiwan have refused to drive to a remote village outside of T'ai-nan because of one ghostly girl. Drivers report stopping at a shadowy area near a sugarcane plantation. A young girl gets on the bus but never gets off. She simply vanishes before the bus gets to town.
** 2023 January 29, Raeesa Sayyad, “Interesting and Fun Facts about Bubble Tea”, in Time Bulletin‎, archived from the original on 05 February 2023:In Taiwan, where it originated, bubble tea is a popular beverage that is now enjoyed worldwide. In the middle of the 1980s, the city of T'ai-nan, Taiwan, was the birthplace of bubble tea.

#### Translations
### Further reading

* “T'ai-nan”, in Collins English Dictionary.
* T'ai-nan, T'ainan, Tai-nan, Tai Nan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
* “T’ai-nan”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
* “T'ai-nan” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

### Anagrams

* Antian, naiant, tannia