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The name Formosa eventually "replaced all others in European literature" and remained in common use among English speakers into the 20th century. [ 4 ] The term mínzhǔguó ( 民主國 ) was an early Chinese translation of the English word republic , pioneered by William Alexander Parsons Martin with his Chinese translation of Henry Wheaton 's ...
Taiwan, [II] [i] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I] is a country [27] in East Asia. [l] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
The island of Taiwan, the largest of the archipelago, was known in the West until after World War II as Formosa, from the Portuguese Ilha Formosa ([ˌiʎɐ fuɾˈmɔzɐ]), "beautiful island". [4] It is 394 km (245 mi) long and 144 km (89 mi) wide, [5] and has an area of 35,808 km 2 (13,826 sq mi). [6]
Formosa Province (Spanish pronunciation:) is a province in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region. Formosa's northeast end touches Asunción, Paraguay , and the province borders the provinces of Chaco and Salta to its south and west, respectively.
Formosa (horse), winner of the English Fillies Triple Crown; Formosa (surname), a surname common in Malta, Spain, Portugal and other Mediterranean countries; Formosa Cafe, a famous restaurant in Hollywood, California; Formosa, a fictional country located on the island of Taiwan, whose culture was invented by George Psalmanazar as a hoax
China sent observers last year, but will have troops on the ground this year, the Navy, which coordinates the Operation Formosa exercises, said in a statement, adding that U.S. troops took part in ...
Formosan may refer to various things associated with the island of Taiwan (formerly called Formosa): Taiwanese people who lived on the island before 1945, and their descendants; Taiwanese indigenous peoples, descendants of inhabitants of the island before Chinese settlement; Formosan languages, the languages of the indigenous people of the island
Currently, many Toba, due to persecution in their rural ancestral regions, live in the suburbs of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Salta, Tartagal, Resistencia, Charata, Formosa, Rosario and Santa Fe and in Greater Buenos Aires. Nearly 130,000 people currently identify themselves as Toba or Qom.