Formosa in Spanish

Formosa in Spanish

What does "Formosa" mean?

1. name Another name for Taiwan, an island in East Asia.
   "FORMOSA (TAIWAN) is an island separated from the southeast coast of China by the 121-mi.-wide Formosa strait (T’ai-wan hai-hsia) and one of a great island system rimming the western Pacific ocean."
2. name The name of a synonym for Taiwan, an administrative division that includes Formosa and the islands near it.
   "General Chiang Kai-Shek was also very prominent in the start of the uprising, but later defected and was forced out of the country to the Province of Formosa, now called Taiwan."
3. name A former prefecture of Fujian, China, during the Qing Empire, from 1683 to 1885.
4. name The name of a Chinese province under the Qing Empire, from 1885 to 1895.

Formosa in a sentence

• FORMOSA (TAIWAN) is an island separated from the southeast coast of China by the 121-mi.-wide Formosa strait (T’ai-wan hai-hsia) and one of a great island system rimming the western Pacific ocean.
• General Chiang Kai-Shek was also very prominent in the start of the uprising, but later defected and was forced out of the country to the Province of Formosa, now called Taiwan.
• The armed forces of China have struck the rebellious province of Formosa with force. We demand your immediate and unconditional surrender. Failure to comply with this order will warrant further action by our forces.

Common Spanish translations