Formosa

Signification

Concepts

(Anglais)

(dated) Synonym of Taiwan: an island of East Asia.
(historical) Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands.
(historical) Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands.
(historical) Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands.
(dated) Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands.
(dated) Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands.
A city in Goiás, Brazil.
An island of the Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau.

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/fɔːˈməʊ.sə/

From Portuguese Formosa, as in Ilha Formosa (literally “Beautiful Island”) and Vila Formosa da Imperatriz (literally “Beautiful Town of the Empress”), from formosa (“beautiful, shapely”), from Latin fōrmōsus (“beautiful, well-formed”), from fōrma (“shape”) + -ōsus (“-ful”), literally “shapeful”. The Brazilian city was named in honor of Empress Teresa Cristina, in the 1840s.