dictionary definitions for "formosan"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Formosan \Formosan\ prop. adj.
     of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, Formosa or the
     natives of Formosa; as, The native Formosan population now
     forms a minority on their own island..
  
     Syn: Taiwanese, Chinese.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Formosan
      adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the island
             republic on Taiwan or its residents or their language;
             "the Taiwanese capital is Taipeh" [syn: Taiwanese,
             Chinese, Formosan]
      n 1: the Austronesian languages spoken on Formosa


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