Formosa
See also: formosa
English
Etymology
From Portuguese Ilha Formosa (“Beautiful Isle”), from formosa (“beautiful”), from Latin fōrmōsus (“beautifully formed”), from fōrma (“form, shape”) + the adjective suffix -ōsus (“full of”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -əʊsə
Proper noun
Formosa
- The island of Taiwan
- Synonym: Taiwan
- 1625, Samuel Purchas, Pvrchas His Pilgrimes[1], volume I, London, →OCLC, page 652:
- Heere we had the higheſt Land of Formoſa, South-eaſt, the neereſt land about eight leagues off, the neather point of it Eaſt by North ten leagues off our depth, fortie ſixe fathomes ozie : the latitude twentie fiue degree twentie minutes. From the high Land of Formoſa, ſtretcheth out a lower Land to the water-ſide, being a white ſandy ſhoare, and ſmooth ſand Hils farther vp the Countrey, much like to the Coaſt of Barbary.
- 1669, John Nievhoff, translated by John Ogilby, An Embassy from the Eaſt-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperour of China[2], London: John Macock, →OCLC, page 16:
- The Iſland Formoſa, or the fair Iſland doth alſo belong to this Province ; as likewiſe the near adjacent Iſland called Teiwan, which the Hollanders poſſeſs, who have built a Fort there called new Zealand.
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- THE Iſland of Formoſa is about Eighty Leagues in compaſs ; ſo that the Hollanders were never in poſſeſſion of the whole Iſland, but were onely Maſters of four Fortreſſes, and two and fifty Villages, wherein they could number about fourteen or fifteen thouſand Inhabitants.
- 1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 3:42 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People[4], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162:
- We do not want Formosa or any part of Asia for ourselves. We believe that the future of Formosa should be settled peacefully by international action.
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- These two islands are in the area of freedom. The Nationalists have these two islands. We should not force our Nationalist allies to get off of them and give them to the Communists. If we do that, we start a chain reaction, because the Communists aren't after Quemoy and Matsu, they're after Formosa.
- 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956[5], Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 168:
- The developing scene had ominous aspects. The Chinese Communists were constantly threatening aggressive action against Formosa and the government of Chiang Kai-shek. Ever since World War II, the United States had recognized the strategic necessity of maintaining the integrity of the Western Pacific island chain, including Formosa as one of its principal links. Our readiness to go to the defense of that island, if it were attacked, had been announced as a governmental policy before I was inaugurated, and I had personally emphasized the importance of this island's safety to our nation's security.
- 1984, Anton Bilek, “Anton Bilek”, in Studs Terkel, editor, "The Good War": An Oral History of World War Two[6], New York: Pantheon Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84:
- When our airplanes first took off that morning, the Japs did come in. They hit the city of Baguio in the northern part of Luzon, and then went back to Formosa.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Formosa.
- An insular province of China. [from late 19th c.]
- Synonym: Taiwan
- (historical) A province of the Qing (Ching) dynasty (Manchu). [from late 19th c.]
- 1895, Verbal Discussions During Peace Negotiations Between the Chinese Plenipotentiary, Viceroy Li Hung-chang and the Japanese Plenipotentiaries Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, at Shimonoseki, Japan[8], →OCLC, page 22, column 1:
- H. E. Li.—We can say in the Treaty "In respect to the province of Formosa, when the Treaty has been ratified and exchanged the two Governments shall draw up the conditions for the transfer."
- 1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa[9], Marshall Brothers Limited, →OCLC, →OL, page 261:
- UNTIL 1895, Formosa formed the nineteenth and only insular province of China, but after coming briefly under a Republican form of government, it became an integral part of the Empire of Japan.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Formosa.
- A province of the Republic of China. [from 20th c.]
- 1961 January 28, The Economist[10], →ISSN, →OCLC, page 330, column 2; republished as Current, 1961 March, pages 22-23:
- Economically, the island is already far better off (with massive American aid) than it would be if it were incorporated into Communist China, and it would be better off still (and less of a burden to the American taxpayer) if its people were not required to support two governments and two civil services—one for the Chinese mainland, and the other for the province of Formosa—and an army of more than half a million, whose raison d’étre continues to be the reconquest of the mainland.
- 1963, Sheppard Glass, “Some Aspects of Formosa's Economic Growth”, in Mark Mancall, editor, Formosa Today[11], Frederick A. Praeger, published 1964, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 80:
- Government population policy has for the most part been notable for its absence, and few leading Nationalists have publicly admitted the problem. Indeed, in 1959, in an interview with a western correspondent, Chou Chih-jou, then Governor of Formosa (province), complained that population growth was “ his most serious problem ” but his administration was hamstrung by the stand taken against artificial birth control by the central government in Taipei and the ruling Nationalist party.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Formosa.
- A claimed province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China). [from mid 20th c.]
- 1961, Robert P. Newman, “Will China Accept United States Recognition?”, in Recognition of Communist China? A Study in Argument[13], New York: The Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 237:
- If we should propose an exchange of ambassadors, Mao Tse-tung would surely ask if our recognition extended to Communist sovereignty over the 'Province of Formosa.'
- 1998, Caspar Weinberger, Peter Schweizer, chapter 5, in The Next War[14] (Current Affairs), Washington, D.C.: Regnery Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 52:
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Formosa.
- A province in northern Argentina.
- A city in Argentina, capital of Formosa Province.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Translingual: Oncomelania hupensis formosana
Translations
Taiwan island
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Taiwan — see Taiwan
Further reading
- “Formosa”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “Formosa, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “Formosa”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “Formosa”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “Formosa” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.
Finnish
Proper noun
Formosa
Declension
Inflection of Formosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Formosa | — | |
genitive | Formosan | — | |
partitive | Formosaa | — | |
illative | Formosaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Formosa | — | |
accusative | nom. | Formosa | — |
gen. | Formosan | ||
genitive | Formosan | — | |
partitive | Formosaa | — | |
inessive | Formosassa | — | |
elative | Formosasta | — | |
illative | Formosaan | — | |
adessive | Formosalla | — | |
ablative | Formosalta | — | |
allative | Formosalle | — | |
essive | Formosana | — | |
translative | Formosaksi | — | |
abessive | Formosatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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Maltese
Etymology
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Proper noun
Formosa
- a surname
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From formosa (“beautiful”).
Pronunciation
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- Homophone: formosa
- Hyphenation: For‧mo‧sa
Proper noun
Formosa f
Spanish
Pronunciation
Audio (Peru): (file)
Proper noun
Formosa ?
- Formosa (province)
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