Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index T Taiwan: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: Tai•wan Pronunciation: (tī'wän'), [key] — n. Wade-Giles, Pinyin. a Chinese island separated from the SE coast of China by Taiwan Strait: a possession of Japan 1895–1945; restored to China 1945; seat of the Republic of China since 1949. Cap.: Taipei. Also called Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: taiwan (Thesaurus) T'ai Tsung Taiwanese ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: supercilious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language