formosa
IPA: fɔrmˈoʊsʌ
Root Word: Formosa
noun
- The island of Taiwan.
- An insular province of China.
- (historical) A province of the Qing (Ching) dynasty (Manchu).
- A province of the Republic of China.
- A claimed province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China).
- A province in northern Argentina.
- A city in Argentina, capital of Formosa Province.
- A surname from Maltese.
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Examples of "formosa" in Sentences
- He worked as a lawyer in Formosa.
- Formosa is not a name of a country.
- They happen to control the island of Formosa.
- At the time, though, he was in fact free in Formosa.
- The fate of formosa is cemented in this treaty in 1952.
- Formosa lies to the northwest, and Neustadt to the east.
- Provide a reference that Spain controlled half of Formosa.
- In 1958 it was dismembered from the municipality of Formosa.
- Nimitz favored blockading the Philippines and landing on Formosa.
- Cession of Taiwan to Japan and proclamation of Republic of Formosa.
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