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Definition of Formosa
1. Noun. An island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea.
Generic synonyms: Island
Group relationships: South China Sea
Derivative terms: Formosan
Definition of Formosa
1. Proper noun. The name given to Taiwan island (''Ilha Formosa'', "Beautiful Isle") by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544. ¹
2. Proper noun. The name of a province of Argentina. ¹
3. Proper noun. A city of Argentina, capital of Formosa Province. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Formosa
Literary usage of Formosa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1889)
"formosa: CHARACTERISTIC TRAITS OF THE ISLAND formosa ... When approaching formosa,
during clear weather, one can easily trace the bold outline of the ..."
2. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1907)
"The present volume may therefore be said to be especially useful, for even now
books treating o~ formosa are exceedingly limited in number, and not many of ..."
3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1885)
"RECENT proceedings at formosa have prominently directed attention to that ...
That such a large and important island as formosa should have remained to the ..."
4. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1872)
"[eighteen tribes of South formosa, by which the lives of shipwrecked sailors are
for the present secure on the most dangerous part of the coast, ..."
5. Japan and Japanese-American Relations by George Hubbard Blakeslee (1912)
"In recounting what Japan has done as a colonizer I shall for several reasons
devote my time to a review of what Japan has achieved in formosa. ..."
6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"The author presented a geological section, made by himself, across the north part
of tlie island of formosa, from Tam-sug in the west, to Ре-ton Point in ..."
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