Formosa Strait

English

Alternative forms

• Strait of Formosa
• Formosa Straits

Proper noun

Formosa Strait

1. Synonym of Taiwan Strait.
   • 1958 November 13, “Formosa ‘Battle Line’ Named After Gen. B. O. Davis”, in Jet‎^[1], volume XV, number 2, Chicago: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, Foreign News, page 17:

     The line beyond which American pilots do not fly in the troubled Formosa Strait area is called the “Davis Line” in honor of Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., former commander of the 13th Provisional Air Force, stationed on Formosa[.] The mythical line is an undisclosed number of miles off the coast of Red China.

   • 1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956‎^[2], 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.