Home›More›Articles›From Liuqiu and Formosa to Taiwan: the many names of an island and a stateArticleFrom Liuqiu and Formosa to Taiwan: the many names of an island and a stateArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnTaiwan, Countries Well-attested SourcesTaiwan (Wikipedia)Wikimedia FoundationEtymology, Names for the islandQuote, Etymology, Names for the islandThis name originated as an ethnonym for a nearby Taiwanese indigenous people, the Taivoan, who were historically classified as a subgroup of the Siraya.View the SourceAtlas Article VocabularyComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.