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Taiyal

Taiyal noun: a tribe of Taiwan.

Noun

Taiyal pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A tribe of Taiwan.
    • Among the Taiyals, a tribe of mountaineers in the interior or Formosa, when the new grain is cooked for the first time, the youngest boy of the family must eat some of it before the others.1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 565

Questions about Taiyal

What does Taiyal mean?
Taiyal means a tribe of Taiwan.
What part of speech is Taiyal?
Taiyal is a noun.

Words near Taiyal in the dictionary

  1. Taixing
  2. Taixuanjing
  3. Taiya
  4. taiyaki
  5. taiyakis
  6. Taiyal
  7. Taiye Lake
  8. Taiye Pond
  9. Taiyeh Lake
  10. Taiyeh Pond
  11. Taiyuan

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