Formosa.
Synonym of Taiwan: an island of East Asia.
Meaning & usage
Synonym of Taiwan: an island of East Asia.
Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands. A prefecture of Fujian, China (Qing Empire) (1683–1885).
Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands. A province of China (Qing Empire) (1885–1895).
Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands. A dependency of Japan (1895–1945).
Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands. A province of Taiwan (Republic of China) (from 1945).
Synonym of Taiwan: an administrative division including Formosa and nearby islands. A claimed province of China (People's Republic of China or mainland China) (from 1949).
A city in Goiás, Brazil.
An island of the Bissagos Islands, Guinea-Bissau.
Where this word comes from
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.
A city in northern Argentina.
A department of Argentina around the city.
A province of Argentina around the city.
Where this word comes from
From Spanish Formosa, from Vuelta la Formosa and Vuelta Fermosa (“Beautiful Turn”) in reference to a bend in the Paraguay River near the city, from Old Spanish fermosa, from Latin formosa.
A surname from Maltese.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Maltese Formosa.
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