Formosa Strait

English

Alternative forms

• Strait of Formosa
• Formosa Straits

Proper noun

Formosa Strait

1. Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
   • 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956‎^[1], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 483:

     In the Formosa Strait in 1955 we refused to retreat, and the enemy, true to his formula, for a while tried harassment but refused to attack. The crisis had cooled; it would not heat up again for three years.
     The hard way is to have the courage to be patient.