formosa
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Name — Another name for Taiwan, an island in East Asia.
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Etymology
Came from Portuguese Formosa, as in Ilha Formosa (literally “Beautiful Island”) and Vila Formosa da Imperatriz (literally “Beautiful Town of the Empress”), from formosa (“beautiful, shapely”), from Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”), from fōrma (“shape”) and -ōsus (“-ful”), literally “shapeful”. The Brazilian ci...
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