Formosa

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

Formosa

Taiwan

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Republiek China

Synoniemen

Taiwan

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Republic of China

Shantou

China

guqin

Altay

Datong

Forbidden City

Fushun

Kashgar

Tangshan

Tiananmen Square

Xuzhou

Yichang

Changzhou

Kashi

Zhenjiang

Daqing

Zibo

Liuzhou

Baoding

Benxi

Huainan

Nantong

Quanzhou

Xinyang

Huizhou

Land of the Dragon

Qiqihar

Vertalingen

Formosa

Formosa

Formose

Formosa

Formosa

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Taïwan

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Taiwan

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Formosa

Formosa

Taiwan

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Taiwan

Taiwan

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Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/fɔːˈməʊ.sə/

Etymologie (Engels)

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.