Formosa ? former name for the island of Taiwan

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Prof. in the Graduate School of Electro-Optic and Materials Science, at National Formosa University (NFU), Taiwan

Formosa is a former name for the island of Taiwan.

The Republic of Formosa (literally Taiwan Democratic State) was a short-lived republic that existed on the island of Taiwan in 1895 between the formal cession of Taiwan by the Qing Dynasty of China to the Empire of Japan by the Treaty of Shimonoseki and it being taken over by Japanese troops.

Contents. [hide]. 1 Places and jurisdictions. 1.1 Asia; 1.2 Portugal; 1.3 South America; 1.4 North America; 1.5 Africa; 1.6 Fiction. 2 Other uses; 3 See also. Formosa may also refer to : Places and jurisdictions[edit]. Asia[edit]. Ilha Formosa, literally "Beautiful Island", ...

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Formosa - Wiktionary

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

Pronunciation[edit]. (UK) IPA: /f???m??.s?/; (US)

IPA: /f???mo?.s?/, /f???mo?.z?/; Rhymes: -??s?. Proper noun[edit]. Formosa. The name given to Taiwan ...