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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.
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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.
The island of Taiwan, also commonly known as Formosa, was partly under colonial rule by the Dutch Republic from 1624 to 1662 and from 1664 to 1668. In the context of the Age of Discovery, the Dutch East India Company established its presence on Formosa to trade with the Ming Empire in neighbouring China and Tokugawa shogunate in Japan, and to interdict Portuguese and Spanish trade and colonial ...
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
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 ...
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