Formosa

See also: formosa

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Portuguese formosa ‎(“beautiful”), from Latin formosus ‎(“beautifully formed”), from forma ‎(“form, shape”) + the adjective suffix -osus ‎(“full of”).

Proper noun

Formosa

1. The name given to Taiwan island (Ilha Formosa, "Beautiful Isle") by passing Portuguese mariners in 1544.
2. The name of a province of Argentina.
3. A city of Argentina, capital of Formosa Province.

Translations

name given to Taiwan island

• Bulgarian: Формо́за f ‎(Formóza)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 福爾摩沙, 福尔摩沙 ‎(fuk¹ ji⁵ mo¹ saa¹), 寶島, 宝岛 ‎(bou² dou²)

  Mandarin: 福爾摩沙, 福尔摩沙 ‎(Fú'ěrmóshā), 寶島 (zh), 宝岛 (zh) ‎(Bǎodǎo)

  Min Nan: 寶島 (zh-min-nan), 宝岛 ‎(Pó-tó)

• Finnish: Formosa
• French: Formose (fr) f

• German: Formosa n
• Irish: Formósa m
• Japanese: フォルモサ ‎(Forumosa)
• Korean: 포르모자 ‎(Poreumoja)
• Marathi: फोर्मोजा ‎(formozā)
• Portuguese: Formosa (pt) f
• Russian: Формо́за f ‎(Formóza)
• Swedish: Formosa

Taiwan — see Taiwan

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Finnish

Proper noun

Formosa

1. (dated) Formosa (old name of Taiwan)

Declension

Inflection of Formosa (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
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	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Formosatta	—
comitative		—	—

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Portuguese

Wikipedia ^pt

Formosa

Alternative forms

• Ilha Formosa

Etymology

From formosa ‎(“beautiful”).

Pronunciation

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /foɹ.ˈmɔ.za/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /foɻ.ˈmɔ.za/
• Homophone: formosa

Proper noun

Formosa f

1. Formosa; Taiwan (an island of Taiwan in the Pacific)

Synonyms

• (Formosa): Taiwan