When did Taiwan get the name "Taiwan"?

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Taiwan was called "Daoyi"; in the Qin Dynasty, it was called "Yingzhou"; in the Three Kingdoms period, it was called "Yizhou"; in the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, it was called "Liuqiu"; in the Song Dynasty, it was called "Liuqiu" "or "Liuqiu"; in the Yuan Dynasty, it was called "Liuqiu" or "Luqiu"; in the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it was called "Xiaoliuqiu".

After the mid-Ming Dynasty, there were many folk names for Taiwan, such as "Jilong Mountain" (referring to northern Taiwan), "Beigang" (the common name for Taiwan's western coast), "Da Yuan", "Tai Yuan" , and the 1558 Ming Dynasty official document "Ming Shenzong Shilu" called Taiwan "Dongfan". Zheng Chenggong changed the name to "Dongdu", and later Zheng Jing changed it to "Dongning". The Qing Dynasty changed its name to "Taiwan" and established Taiwan Prefecture, which was affiliated with Fujian Province. This was the official name of Taiwan.

Extended information

The original name of Ryukyu Township was Shamaki. According to historical records, during the Yuan Dynasty, Taiwan and the Ryukyu Islands were collectively called Ryukyu or Weiqiu. In the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Islands were renamed Da Liuqiu and Taiwan was renamed Xiao Liuqiu. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he became a Taiwan member and a senior member. At the end of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, the Netherlands established a city behind Taiwan, which was like Chongtai. The beach was surrounded by sand and water, called a bay, and the place where boats were parked was generally called a bay, so it was called Taiwan. And people transferred the original name of Xiaoliuqiu to Shamaki in southern Taiwan.

"Taiwan" (Chinese Pinyin: Táiwān) is derived from the name of the "Taiwowan" community of the ethnic minority in southern Taiwan, which means a coastal land. The immigrants from Fujian Province who developed Taiwan used this name in Hokkien. The name was translated as "Da Yuan", "Taiwan Yuan", etc., and was later named "Taiwan".

The term "Taiwan" was officially used during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but until the Ming Dynasty, "Taiwan" referred to the Tainan area of ??Taiwan Province. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that the entire island was officially named "Taiwan" and the "Taiwan Prefecture" affiliated with Fujian Province was established. Before the Guangxu era, it was the only "prefecture" in Taiwan. In 1885, Taiwan Province was established. The abbreviation of Taiwan Province is taken from the first letter of the province's name, "Taiwan".