Formosa
pronunciation
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Word Origin
- Formosa
- old name of Taiwan, given by the Portuguese, from Portuguese Formosa insula "beautiful island." The adjective is from the fem. of Latin formosus "beautiful, handsome, finely formed," from forma (see form (n.)). Related: Formosan (1640s).
Example
- 1. Also nearby is the scenic fishing port of vila real de santo antonio , and the ria formosa nature park .
- 2. When japan entered formosa she found the coast at the mercy of pirates .
- 3. Japan has poured money like water into formosa .
- 4. Eight of the top 10 companies are electronics manufacturers . Food manufacturer uni-president enterprises corp. and formosa petrochemical corp. rounded out the rest of the top 10 .
- 5. Chinese news agency xinhua is reporting that chinese naval vessels escorted a taiwanese ship belonging to formosa plastics marine corp. monday to protect it against pirate attacks in the gulf of aden .